[ˈkar.poː], [ˈkar.po]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *karpō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognate with Old Church Slavonic чрѣти (črěti, “to draw, scoop”). Also compare Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) and κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English harvest, sharp, shear.
- conjugation-3, literallyto pluck, pick, harvest
“Stāgna tamen timeat, nec carpat ab arbore flōrēs,” — May he fear the ponds, and may he not pick flowers from the trees,
and may he think all trees to be bodies of goddesses.
- conjugation-3to tear off, tear out, rend, separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide
“[…] crīnemque genāsque” — […] and she tore off her hair and her cheeks,
sorrowful, amid the traces of her previous sleep.
“Oculī parentis pūnientur ācrius” — The parent's eyes are more intensely punished
than if bloody nails were to tear at her limbs.
- conjugation-3to spin
“[…] Mīlēsia vellera nymphae
carpēbant […]” — […] the nymphs were spinning
Milesian wool […]
- conjugation-3to make good use of, enjoy something (usually a period of time)
“Sapiās, vīna liquēs, et spatiō brevī
spem longam resecēs. Dum loquimur, fūgerit invida” — Be wise, make wine, and in a short time,
lose any great hope. As we speak, time is cruelly fleeing away.
Enjoy the day, believing the least in the future.
“Tēctīs hīc Turnus in altīs” — Here and now, in a high floor, Turnus
was enjoying his rest in the middle of the dark night.
“Carpere sēcūrās quis iam iubet Aesona noctēs?” — Who is now telling Aeson to enjoy his peaceful nights?
- conjugation-3, figurativelyof the effect of plucking: to tear or wear away or apart, pull to pieces, consume, waste
“At rēgīna, gravī iamdūdum saucia cūrā,” — But the queen, long since troubled by her deep anxiety, nurtures [love’s] wound with her life-blood, and is being consumed by a hidden fire.
(In other words, Dido feels the intense emotion and physica
- conjugation-3to revile, criticize, slander, carp at
“At lubet innūptīs fīctō tē carpere questū.” — But maidens like to chide you with feigned complaint.
What then, if they chide him whom in their secret heart they desire?
“Paulum, cui ipsī quoque sē conparāre ērubuissent, obtrectātiō carpsit.” — Criticism reviled Paulus, a man that people would have blushed to compare themselves to.
“Alterius dictum aut factum nē carpseris umquam,” — Don't ever criticize what someone says or does,
lest another laugh at you when you do something similar.
- conjugation-3to weaken, harass an enemy
“Relinquēbātur Caesarī nihil, nisi utī equitātū agmen adversāriōrum male habēret et carperet.” — No option remained to Cesar, other than annoying and harassing the enemy army with the cavalry.
- ablative, dative, form-of, singulardative/ablative singular of carpus
- ablative, dative, form-ofdative/ablative of Carpus
Formaecarpō(canonical) · carpere(infinitive, present) · carpsī(active, perfect) · carptum(supine) · carpō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · carpis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · carpit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · carpimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · carpitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · carpunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · carpēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · carpēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · carpēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · carpēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · carpēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · carpēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · carpam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · carpēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · carpet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · carpēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Fons: Vicitionarium