carpitur
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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...miser; semel inpulit illumdilata Fortuna manu. pulsatur harenis,carpitur in scopulis hausto per uolnera fluctu,ludibrium pelagi, nullaque..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...uniuersam illam temptaueris tollere: tota uincetur, dum partibus carpitur. 2. Ex iis quae nos offendunt alia renuntiantur nobis..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tota; uiduas colonis respicis terras, miseranda Thebe. carpitur leto tuus ille, Bacche, miles, extremos comes usque ad Indos..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facultas quam paratur; ars enim semel percepta non carpitur, stilus quoque intermissione paulum admodum de celeritate deperdit: promptum..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vocant. fiducia maestis nulla viris, aegro adsidue mens carpitur aestu necdum omnes lacrimas atque omnia reddita caesis iusta..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iamdudum saucia cura vulnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni. multa viri virtus animo multusque recursat gentis honos..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...vivimus: illa domus, illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas; huc una ex multis capsula me sequitur. quod..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...donec Avernas exierit valles; aut inrita dona futura. carpitur adclivis per muta silentia trames, arduus, obscurus, caligine densus..."