carpo.
to pluck, pick, harvest
Meaning & usage
to pluck, pick, harvest
to tear off, tear out, rend, separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide
to spin
to make good use of, enjoy something (usually a period of time)
of the effect of plucking: to tear or wear away or apart, pull to pieces, consume, waste
to revile, criticize, slander, carp at
to weaken, harass an enemy
Where this word comes from
From 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.
dative/ablative singular of carpus
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