carpo

carpō psī, ptus, ere

CARP-, to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather : flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V.— To take ( as nourishment ), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on : gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties , T.— To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin , V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off , H.— Fig., to pluck, snatch : flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch , O.— To enjoy, seize, use, make use of : breve ver, O.: diem, redeem , H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.— To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile : maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.— To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy : regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of , H.—In war, to in flict injury upon, weaken, harass : agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L.— To cut to pieces, divide : carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.— To take apart, single out : tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way . viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle , V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.