carpam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carpa, carpae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
- Field:
- Agriculture
carp; (Erasmus);
acc. sg. - Entry →carpo, carpere, carpsi, carptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool);; separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...abibo atque unum quidquid, quod quidem erit bellissumum, carpam et cyathos sorbilans paulatim hunc producam diem. MICIO HEGIO..."Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...erit huic quoque pomo— et vos, o lauri, carpam et te, proxime myrte, sic positae quoniam suavis miscetis..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...illa deos!' excipiamque umeris et multa sine ordine carpam oscula. pro reditu victima vota cadet; inque tori formam..."
