carpe diem
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word carpe diem. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word carpe diem, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say carpe diem in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word carpe diem you have here. The definition of the word carpe diem will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcarpe diem, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin carpe diem (“enjoy the day”, literally “pluck (or harvest) the day”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɑː.piː ˈdaɪ.ɛm/, IPA(key): /ˌkɑː.peɪ ˈdiː.əm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑɹ.pi ˈdaɪ.ɛm/, IPA(key): /ˌkɑɹ.peɪ ˈdi.əm/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file)
Proverb
carpe diem
- Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.
- 1905, G. K. Chesterton, Heretics, New York: John Lane, →OL:
- It is the carpe diem religion; but the carpe diem religion is not the religion of happy people, but of very unhappy people.
- 2007 July 30, Lee Harris, “Can Carpe Diem Societies Survive?”, in The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 241:
- Indeed, in an extreme carpe diem society, children are raised without being given any sense that they have a transgenerational duty to the as yet unborn— the duty to leave them a better world.
- 2011 January 29, “Rollercoaster: The Musical!” (“Carpe Diem” (song)), in Phineas and Ferb, season 2, episode 38:
- Just grab those opportunities when you see 'em / Cause every day's a brand new day, you gotta carpe diem
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
seize the day
|
See also
- opportunity seldom knocks twice
- take the bull by the horns
- the world is one's oyster
- YOLO
Category:Carpe diem on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ “carpe diem”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the end of the poem Odes I.11 by Horace, ancient Roman poet.
- Sapiās, vīna liquēs, et spatio brevī
- spem longam resecēs. Dum loquimur, fūgerit invidā
- aetās. Carpe diem quam minimum crēdula posterō.
- Be wise, make wine, and in a short time,
- lose any great hope. As we speak, time is cruelly slipping away.
- Enjoy the day, believing the least in the future.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pe ˈdi.em/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pe ˈdi.em/,
Phrase
- carpe diem, enjoy the day; (common mistranslation) seize the day
Portuguese
Proverb
- seize the day (enjoy the present)