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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.po/
• Rhymes: -arpo
• Hyphenation: càr‧po

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).

Noun

carpo m (plural carpi)

1. (anatomy) carpus

Related terms

• carpale

References

• carpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

carpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of carpare

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/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.po/, [ˈkar.pɔ]

Verb

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

1. I pluck, pick, harvest
   • 1st c. AD, Ovid, Metamorphoses IX.380-381:

     Stagna tamen timeat, nec carpat ab arbore flores, / et frutices omnes corpus putet esse dearum.

     (as a curse) May he fear the ponds, and may he not pick flowers from the trees, thinking all trees are bodies of goddesses.

2. I tear off, tear out, rend
   • 1st c. AD, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica VIII.7-8:

     crinemque genasque / aegra per antiqui carpsit vestigia somni

     and she tore off her hair and her cheeks, sorrowful, amid the traces of her previous sleep

3. I spin (a material)
   • 1st c. AD, Virgil, Georgica IV.334-335:

     Milesia uellera nymphae / carpebant

     the nymphs were spinning Milesian wool

4. I make good use of, enjoy something (usually a period of time)
   • 1st c. AD, Horace, Carmina I.11:

     Sapias, vina liques, et spatio brevi
     spem longam reseces. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida
     aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

     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.

   • 1st c. AD, Virgil, Aeneid VII.413-414:

     Tectis hic Turnus in altis / iam mediam nigra carpebat nocte quietem.

     Here and now, in a high floor, Turnus was enjoying the middle of a dark night's calm.

   • 1st c. AD, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica V.48:

     Carpere securas quis iam iubet Aesona noctes?

     Who is now telling Aeson to enjoy his peaceful nights?

5. I revile, criticize, slander, carp at
   • 1st c. BC, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 45.35.5:

     Paulum, cui ipsi quoque se conparare erubuissent, obtrectatio carpsit.

     He slandered Paulus in his attack (literally "[his] disparagement tore off Paulus"), a [good] man that people would have blushed to compare themselves to.

6. I weaken somebody, harass an enemy
   • 1st c. BC, Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili I.63:

     Relinquebatur Caesari nihil, nisi uti equitatu agmen adversariorum male haberet et carperet.

     No option remained to Cesar, other than annoying and weakening the enemy army with the cavalry.

Conjugation

Conjugation of carpō (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	carptūrum esse	carpī	carptum esse	carptum īrī
participles		carpēns	—	carptūrus	—	carptus	carpendus, carpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		carpendī	carpendō	carpendum	carpendō	carptum	carptū

Derived terms

• carpe diem
• carptim
• carptor
• carptūra
• carptus
• Carpus
• concerpō
• dēcerpō
• discerpō
• excerpō
• praecerpō

 

Related terms

• concerptus
• dēcermina
• dēcerptiō
• dēcerptor
• dēcerptus
• discerptim
• discerptiō
• excerptim
• excerptiō
• excerptōrius
• excerptum
• excerptus
• praecerptus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: carpir-se
• English: excerpt
• Galician: carpir
• Italian: carpare, carpire
• Mozarabic: قَرْبّيرَة‎ (karpire)
• 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: 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾpo/, [ˈkaɾ.po]
• Rhymes: -arpo
• Hyphenation: car‧po

Noun

carpo m (plural carpos)

1. carpus
2. (anatomy) wrist

   Synonym: muñeca

Related terms

• carpiano
• metacarpo

Further reading

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