Latin core word #195 · noun · 93 times in the New Testament
cāritās
KAH-rih-tahscāritās, cāritātis, f. — love, charity
- 3rd declension; from cārus ‘dear’.
- Renders Greek ἀγάπη (1 Corinthians 13).
Forms in bold occur in the New Testament; the others complete the pattern. A dash (—) marks a form that does not exist.
3rd declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cāritās | cāritātēs |
| Genitive | cāritātis | cāritātum |
| Dative | cāritātī | cāritātibus |
| Accusative | cāritātem | cāritātēs |
| Ablative | cāritāte | cāritātibus |
| Vocative | cāritās | cāritātēs |
Where you meet it
First met in passage 119, 1 John 4:8.
Explained in the notes of 2 passages:
From Appendix B of the Greek and Latin with Jerome study companion · PDF page 317 · open the PDF here