carpebat
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...manus exercens? Is illum ante bustum Quinti Catuli carpebat grauissimus mitissimi uiri cineribus, supra quos uir mali exempli..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...victrix augebat Cynthia regnum, et deformis hiemps gratos carpebat honores divitis autumni, iussoque senescere Baccho carpebat raras serus..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...minimaeque doctrinae, alterum ut verbosum in historia neglegentemque carpebat. De iuris quoque consultis, quasi scientiae eorum omnem usum..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tectis hic Turnus in altis iam mediam nigra carpebat nocte quietem. Allecto toruam faciem et furialia membra exuit..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...questus: Aeneas celsa in puppi iam certus eundi carpebat somnos rebus iam rite paratis. huic se forma..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alter viperei referens spolium memorabile monstri aera carpebat tenerum stridentibus alis, cumque super Libycas victor penderet harenas, Gorgonei..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...autem Aeschines ipse eis, quae in Demosthene carpebat, abstinuit? χρὴ γὰρ τὸ αὐτὸ φθέγγεσθαι τὸν ῥήτορα καὶ τὸν..."