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carissimus

carissimus

Latin

Adjective

cārissimus ‎(superlative of cārus)

dearest, most or very beloved

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	cārissimus	cārissima	cārissimum		cārissimī	cārissimae	cārissima
genitive	cārissimī	cārissimae	cārissimī		cārissimōrum	cārissimārum	cārissimōrum
dative	cārissimō	cārissimae	cārissimō		cārissimīs
accusative	cārissimum	cārissimam	cārissimum		cārissimōs	cārissimās	cārissima
ablative	cārissimō	cārissimā	cārissimō		cārissimīs
vocative	cārissime	cārissima	cārissimum		cārissimī	cārissimae	cārissima

References

CARISSIMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carissimus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)