Carpus
See also: carpus
Latin
Etymology
From carpō (“I pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, or gather”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.pus]
Proper noun
Carpus m sg (genitive Carpī); second declension
- the name of a carver
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Petronius to this entry?)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Carpus |
| genitive | Carpī |
| dative | Carpō |
| accusative | Carpum |
| ablative | Carpō |
| vocative | Carpe |
References
- “Carpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Carpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 269/1.