căreo, ui, ĭtum (carĭtūrus, Ov. H. 4, 1; id. M. 2, 222; 14, 132; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 1; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Just. 4, 5, 1; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.—Part. pr. gen. plur. carentum, Lucr. 4, 35; Verg. G. 4, 255; 4, 472), 2 (pres. subj. carint = careant, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1.— Dep. form careor, acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.), v. n. [cf. κείρω, καρῆναι; Germ. scheeren; Engl. shear], to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but κατʼ ἐξοχήν, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with abl.; in ante-class. poets also with gen. or acc. (the latter also in late Lat.).
I To be without , devoid of , not to have , to be free from (corresp. with abesse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; and opp. frui, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40).
A Of living subjects: carere culpā, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 663: calumniā, Quint. 9, 4, 57: malis, Lucr. 2, 4: dolore, Cic. Lael. 6, 22; id. Fin. 1, 11, 38: febri, id. Fam. 16, 15, 1, and by poet. license with an inverted construction: caruitne febris te heri? Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17: morbis, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38: malo, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40: suspicione, id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Quint. 2, 2, 14: vitiis, Hor. C. 3, 27, 39; Quint. 8, 3, 1; 8, 3, 41: stultitiā, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 42: ambitione, id. ib. 2, 2, 206: appellatione, Quint. 8, 2, 5: omnibus his quasi morbis voluit carere sapientem, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38: calumniā, Quint. 9, 4, 57: conspiratione et periculo, Suet. Aug. 19: stultitiae atque ignorantiae crimine, Auct. B. G. 8 praef.: communi sensu, Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: morte, to be immortal , id. C. 2, 8, 12; Ov. M. 15, 158: suis figurā, id. ib. 14, 286; cf. of virtue, personified: culpāque omni carens praeter se ipsam nihil censet ad se pertinere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4.—
2 To be without a thing from free-will , i.e. to deprive one’s self of a thing, not to make use of it , to deny one’s self a thing , to abstain from (syn.: abstineo, absum; hence opp. utor; v. the foll.): temeto, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59; Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 5, 18; cf. vino, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nec Veneris fructu, renounces not . Lucr. 4, 1073: lubidinibus, Sall. C. 13, 5: amicorum facultatibus, Nep. Epam. 3, 4: mulieribus facile, id. Phoc. 1, 3; cf. absol. : satiatis vero et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui, Cic. Sen. 14, 47.—With acc.: Tandem non ego illam caream, ei sit opus, vel totum triduom? Ter. Eun. 224.— Hence,
3 Of localities, to hold one’s self aloof from , not to go to; or merely, to be absent from (cf. abstineo, II.): foro, senatu, publico, Cic. Mil. 7, 18; cf.: provinciā domoque, id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41: aspectu civium, id. Cat. 1, 7, 17: declamationibus nostris, id. Fam. 7, 33, 1: forensi luce, id. Brut. 8, 32: patria, Nep. Pelop. 1, 4; Tac. A. 4, 58: Roma, Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.—
B Of inanimate subjects: terra caret vero sensu, Lucr. 2, 652; cf. id. 2, 990, and 1, 573: haec duo tempora carent crimine, Cic. Lig. 2, 4: carere omni malo mortem, id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26: an ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum? Verg. A. 2, 44: nec lacrimis caruere genae, id. ib. 5, 173: pars quae peste caret, id. ib. 9, 540: oratio, quae astu caret, Quint. 9, 1, 20: oeconomia nomine Latino caret, id. 3, 3, 9: quae caret ora cruore nostro? Hor. C. 2, 1, 36: caret Ripa ventis, id. ib. 3, 29, 23: aditu carentia saxa, Ov. M. 3, 226: nivibus caritura Rhodope, id. ib. 2, 222: naturae vero rerum vis atque vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 7.—
II To be deprived of , to be without , to feel the want of , to want something that is desirable: voluptate virtus saepe caret, nunquam indiget, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2: patriā, Ter. Heaut. 137: quam huic erat miserum carere consuetudine amicorum, societate victus, sermone omnino familiari! Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63: hac luce, id. ib. 1, 6, 12: voluptatibus, id. Sen. 3, 7: commodis omnibus, id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44: provinciis atque oris Italiae maritimis ac portibus nostris, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: tali munere, Verg. A. 5, 651: citharā, Hor. C. 1, 31, 20: vate sacro, id. ib. 4, 9, 28: patrio sepulcro, id. S. 2, 3, 196: libertate, id. Ep. 1, 10, 40: honore, Ov. M. 15, 614: laude, Quint. 2, 20, 10 al.: caret omni Majorum censu, has lost , dissipated , Juv. 1, 59.—
b With gen.: tui carendum quod erat, Ter. Heaut. 400; so Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7.—
c With acc.: quia Id quod amo careo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 49; cf. id. Poen. 4, 1, 4: eos parentes careo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 466, 8: DVLCEM. CARVI. LVCEM. CVM. TE. AMISI., Inscr. Grut. 572, 7; so ib. 770, 9; hence careri, pass ., Marc. Emp. 36 med. ; cf.: virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest, Ov. H. 1, 50.—
B With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss : triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet; desiderat, requirit, indiget, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; cf. the context: carere igitur hoc significat, egere eo quod habere velis, id. ib. § 88: non caret is qui non desiderat, id. Sen. 14, 47.