Carpus

See also: carpus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpus]

Proper noun

Carpus m sg (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 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.