decerpier
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
- M
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..." - M
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..."