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