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care
cara
masc acc pl of cara (adj); nt acc pl of cara (adj); masc loc sg of cara (adj); nt loc sg of cara (adj); …
- cara (adj): walking; going; roaming; living; lit. going around
- cara (masc): spy; lit. going around
- carati (pr): walks; wanders; goes around; travels; fares on
- carati (pr): acts; practices; performs; does
- carati (pr): lives; leads (one's life); conducts oneself
- carati (pr): (of cattle) grazes (in)
- care (opt): should go about; should lead (one's life); should conduct oneself
- care (opt): should go (among); should walk (in)
Built from
- car — root · walk, go
Indo-European *kers- 'to run, move'. Cognate with Latin currō, Greek πορεύομαι poreúomai 'to go, travel', Sanskrit carati 'walks'. The concrete image is forward motion.
- e — ending · optative
Optative mood suffix, 2nd/3rd person singular. Expresses wish, possibility, or mild command in this context.
Etymology. From √car, 'to walk, go, wander' (related to Sanskrit carati, Latin currō 'to run', Greek πόρος póros 'passage, ford'). The root belongs to the Indo-European family *kers- 'to run, move'. The optative expresses wish or mild command.