per-cārus, a, um, adj., very dear.
I Lit., very dear , very costly , Ter. Phorm. 558.—
II Trop., very dear , very much beloved : qui eis vicissim percarus et jucundus fuit, Cic. Aem. Scaur. 17, 39; Tac. A. 2, 74; Just. 12, 12, 11.
per-cārus adj., very dear, much beloved: eis. —Very dear, too costly, T. ...
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