carpo

See also: Carpo, carpo-, and -carpo

Aromanian

Etymology

From Greek καρπός (karpós).

Noun

carpo

1. fruit

Synonyms

• poamã, fructu, frut

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Galician

Noun

carpo m (plural carpos)

1. (anatomy) carpus (entire wrist)
2. (anatomy) carpal (any bone of the wrist)

Related terms

• metacarpo

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Italian

Noun

carpo m (plural carpi)

1. (anatomy) carpus

Related terms

• carpale

Anagrams

• capro
• copra
• parco
• porca

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *karpō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.

Compare Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”) and κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English harvest, sharp, shear.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.poː/

Verb

carpō (present infinitive carpere, perfect active carpsī, supine carptum); third conjugation

1. I pluck, pick, harvest
2. I tear off, tear out, rend
3. I seize, utilize
4. I criticize, blame
5. I erode, weaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of carpo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carpō	carpis	carpit	carpimus	carpitis	carpunt
	imperfect	carpēbam	carpēbās	carpēbat	carpēbāmus	carpēbātis	carpēbant
	future	carpam	carpēs	carpet	carpēmus	carpētis	carpent
	perfect	carpsī	carpsistī	carpsit	carpsimus	carpsistis	carpsērunt, carpsēre
	pluperfect	carpseram	carpserās	carpserat	carpserāmus	carpserātis	carpserant
	future perfect	carpserō	carpseris	carpserit	carpserimus	carpseritis	carpserint
passive	present	carpor	carperis, carpere	carpitur	carpimur	carpiminī	carpuntur
	imperfect	carpēbar	carpēbāris, carpēbāre	carpēbātur	carpēbāmur	carpēbāminī	carpēbantur
	future	carpar	carpēris, carpēre	carpētur	carpēmur	carpēminī	carpentur
	perfect	carptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	carptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	carptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carpam	carpās	carpat	carpāmus	carpātis	carpant
	imperfect	carperem	carperēs	carperet	carperēmus	carperētis	carperent
	perfect	carpserim	carpserīs	carpserit	carpserīmus	carpserītis	carpserint
	pluperfect	carpsissem	carpsissēs	carpsisset	carpsissēmus	carpsissētis	carpsissent
passive	present	carpar	carpāris, carpāre	carpātur	carpāmur	carpāminī	carpantur
	imperfect	carperer	carperēris, carperēre	carperētur	carperēmur	carperēminī	carperentur
	perfect	carptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	carptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	carpe	—	—	carpite	—
	future	—	carpitō	carpitō	—	carpitōte	carpuntō
passive	present	—	carpere	—	—	carpiminī	—
	future	—	carpitor	carpitor	—	—	carpuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		carpere	carpsisse	carptūrus esse	carpī	carptus esse	carptum īrī
participles		carpēns	—	carptūrus	—	carptus	carpendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		carpere	carpendī	carpendō	carpendum	carptum	carptū

Derived terms

Terms derived from carpo

• carpe diem
• carptim
• Carpus

• concerpō
• dēcerpō
• discerpō

• excerpō
• praecerpō

Descendants

• English excerpt
• Galician: carpir
• Italian: carpare, carpire
• Old French: charpir, carpir
• Old Portuguese: carpir
• Portuguese: carpir
• Spanish: carpir

References

• carpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• carpo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• carpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to harass the rear: novissimos carpere
    
• carpo in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.po/

Noun

carpo m (plural carpos)

1. (anatomy) carpus
2. wrist

Synonyms

• (wrist): punho, pulso

Meronyms

• (carpus): capitato, escafoide, hamato, osso piramidal, osso pisiforme, osso semilunar, trapézio, trapezoide

Related terms

• carpal
• mão
• metacarpo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarpo/

Noun

carpo m (plural carpos)

1. carpus
2. (anatomy) wrist

   Synonym: muñeca

Related terms

• carpiano
• hueso carpiano
• metacarpo

Further reading

• “carpo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.