decerpsit
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
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...post stellulam posuimus quae Hieronymus in Chronico hinc decerpsit. L. Cestius Pius * Cestius Smyrnaeus Latinam Romae rhetoricam docuit..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tuos questus lacrimososque impia risus audiit et uocis decerpsit murmura primae. illa tibi genetrix semper dum uita manebat..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tibi rara Sabaeicinnama, odoratas nec Arabs decerpsit aristasinferni cum laude laci) sed carmine plangoPierio; sume et gemitus..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...glaebam: contactu glaeba potenti massa fit; arentis Cereris decerpsit aristas: aurea messis erat; demptum tenet arbore pomum: Hesperidas..."