carpe
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;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...frueris posteritate tua. Viue uelut rapto fugitiuaque gaudia carpe: perdiderit nullum uita reuersa diem. Cum mensas habeat fere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...aggredimur. Non minus et Trimalchio eiusmodi methodio laetus: "Carpe!", inquit. Processit statim scissor et ad symphoniam gesticulatus..."Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...lapidum tegitur Ballista sepultus; Nocte die tutum carpe, viator, iter." Deinde "Catalepton" et "Priapea" et "Epigrammata" et "Diras..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nunc quoque Tartareo multum diuisus Auerno Elysias, i, carpe plagas, ubi manibus axis inuius Ogygiis nec sontis iniqua..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...metallo. ergo alte vestiga oculis et rite repertum carpe manu; namque ipse volens facilisque sequetur, si te fata..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...uescas salicum frondes uluamque palustrem, sed frumenta manu carpes sata; nec tibi fetae more patrum niuea implebunt mulctraria..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Sardibus amnem perque iugum nitens labentibus obvius undis carpe viam, donec venias ad fluminis ortus, spumigeroque tuum fonti..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Helicen iubeo strictumque Orionis ensem: me duce carpe viam!' pariter praecepta volandi tradit et ignotas umeris accommodat alas..."