carptus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...illum pueri, multae optavere puellae: idem cum tenui carptus defloruit ungui, nulli illum pueri, nullae optavere puellae..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...sine auxilio fugiunt bona; carpite florem, Qui, nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet. Adde, quod et partus faciunt..."