English

Proper noun

Carpo

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Horae, goddess/personification of Autumn and of harvest time.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.poː/

Proper noun

Carpō m

1. dative of Carpus
2. ablative of Carpus

Aromanian

Noun

carpo

1. fruit

Synonyms

• poamã, fructu, frut

Galician

Noun

carpo m ‎(plural carpos)

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

Related terms

• metacarpo

Italian

Noun

carpo m ‎(plural carpi)

1. (anatomy) carpus

Related terms

• carpale

Anagrams

• capro
• copra
• parco
• porca

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• English excerpt
• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carpo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to harass the rear: novissimos carpere
    
• carpo in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia

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

Spanish

Noun

carpo m ‎(plural carpos)

1. carpus
2. (anatomy) wrist

Synonyms

• (wrist): muñeca

Related terms

• carpiano
• hueso carpiano