carpentem
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. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...fato?hesternas, miserande, dapes moriturus inistinobiscum, et gratae carpentem munera mensae 5errantemque toris mediae plus tempore noctisvidimus. adfatus..."- P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...molli succedere saepius umbrae uideris aut summas carpentem ignauius herbas extremamque sequi, aut medio procumbere campo pascentem..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fors tulit, 'hic quoque,' dixit 'quem mare carpentem substrictaque crura gerentem aspicis,' (ostendens spatiosum in guttura mergum) 'regia..."