Carpus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/,
(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.

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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