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..."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..."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..."