carpebant
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...habet iustumque memorque, precatur. Nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem corpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fluminis alti sensit. Eam circum Milesia vellera Nymphae carpebant hyali saturo fucata colore, drymoque Xanthoque Ligeaque Phyllodoceque, caesariem..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...roseae niveo residebant vertice vittae, aeternumque manus carpebant rite laborem. laeva colum molli lana retinebat amictum, dextera..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...livor erat; utque procul vidit carpentes pabula tauros — carpebant tauri pabula laeta procul — illuc se rapuit gregibusque inmiscuit..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uniuersi quam ea quae ad quemque pertinerent singuli carpebant. qui exulum coniuges in matrimonio habebant aut ex bonis..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adprobantibus soli Aetoli decretum decem legatorum clam mussantes carpebant: litteras inanes uana specie libertatis adumbratas esse. cur enim..."