Carpus

See also: carpus

Latin

Etymology

From carpō (“I pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, or gather”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkar.pʊs]

Proper noun

Carpus m (genitive Carpī); second declension

  1. the name of a carver
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Petronius to this entry?)

Declension

Second declension.

Case 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
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