carpant
Dictionary entries
- 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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ceteris placet kan mepo ballei mede toxevei, Ciceronem carpant in his "familiaris coeperat esse balneatori" et "non nimis..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quoque perdite tantum: ora cruore vacent alimentaque mitia carpant!' Talibus atque aliis instructo pectore dictis in patriam remeasse..."