decerpi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decerpo, decerpere, decerpsi, decerptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pluck, pull/tear/snip off, pick; cull; reap/procure/gather; catch/snatch; remove
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aliqua in usum principii quae maxime favorabilia videbuntur decerpi oportebit. Quo in loco Verginius fallitur, qui Theodoro placere..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...flores, pauper apes. questus est dives flores suos decerpi ab apibus pauperis. denuntiavit, ut transferret. illo non transferente..."