carpendae
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;
dat. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...digerenda sit, ne ipsa se inpediat. Nec passim carpenda sunt nec avide invadenda universa: per partes pervenietur..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...habenis, ipsa acie nondum falcis temptanda, sed uncis carpendae manibus frondes interque legendae. inde ubi iam ualidis amplexae..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quod accidit, insecuturos ad extrema ab tergo carpenda hostis. breue certamen leuis armaturae maxime cum procursatoribus fuit; equites..."