carpent
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ducar; si quis Ismarius greges Thracis cruenti uindicat, carpent greges mea membra diri; forsitan poenas petet irata Iuno..." - P
Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...apricis in collibus uua colorem. Insere, Daphni, piros: carpent tua poma nepotes." Moeris Omnia fert aetas, animum quoque..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...gregibus fontes, non gramina deerunt, et quantum longis carpent armenta diebus exigua tantum gelidus ros nocte reponet. nigra..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...sicca secum spatiatur harena. ne nocturna quidem carpentes pensa puellae nesciuere hiemem, testa cum ardente uiderent scintillare oleum..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...vaccae pectore livor erat; utque procul vidit carpentes pabula tauros — carpebant tauri pabula laeta procul — illuc se rapuit..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...querella viros. Credula si fueris, aliae tua gaudia carpent, Et lepus hic aliis exagitatus erit. Haec quoque, quae..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...maestus amicis. inde Rubos fessi pervenimus, utpote longum carpentes iter et factum corruptius imbri. postera tempestas melior..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...gesserunt. Frumentatum exeunti Hannibali diuersis locis opportuni aderant, carpentes agmen palatosque excipientes; in casum uniuersae dimicationis, quam omnibus..."