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
- M
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..." - P
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..."