carpendo
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;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...equitatus misit, iussum instare ab tergo abeuntibus et carpendo postremum agmen segniores eos ad mouendos domo exercitus efficere..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...egressae. Eques luce demum ausus incursare in hostem carpendo novissimos premendoque iniquis ad transitum locis agmen detinuit. Interim..."