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