decerpo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ carpō (“to pluck, pick, harvest”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēcerpō (present infinitive dēcerpere, perfect active dēcerpsī, supine dēcerptum); third conjugation

  1. to pluck, pull; tear, snip or break off
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.255:
      prōtinus haerentem dēcerpsī pollice flōrem
      Immediately, I plucked with [my] thumb the clinging flower.
  2. to cull
  3. to gather or crop

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēcerpō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcerpō dēcerpis dēcerpit dēcerpimus dēcerpitis dēcerpunt
imperfect dēcerpēbam dēcerpēbās dēcerpēbat dēcerpēbāmus dēcerpēbātis dēcerpēbant
future dēcerpam dēcerpēs dēcerpet dēcerpēmus dēcerpētis dēcerpent
perfect dēcerpsī dēcerpsistī dēcerpsit dēcerpsimus dēcerpsistis dēcerpsērunt,
dēcerpsēre
pluperfect dēcerpseram dēcerpserās dēcerpserat dēcerpserāmus dēcerpserātis dēcerpserant
future perfect dēcerpserō dēcerpseris dēcerpserit dēcerpserimus dēcerpseritis dēcerpserint
passive present dēcerpor dēcerperis,
dēcerpere 		dēcerpitur dēcerpimur dēcerpiminī dēcerpuntur
imperfect dēcerpēbar dēcerpēbāris,
dēcerpēbāre 		dēcerpēbātur dēcerpēbāmur dēcerpēbāminī dēcerpēbantur
future dēcerpar dēcerpēris,
dēcerpēre 		dēcerpētur dēcerpēmur dēcerpēminī dēcerpentur
perfect dēcerptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēcerptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēcerptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēcerpam dēcerpās dēcerpat dēcerpāmus dēcerpātis dēcerpant
imperfect dēcerperem dēcerperēs dēcerperet dēcerperēmus dēcerperētis dēcerperent
perfect dēcerpserim dēcerpserīs dēcerpserit dēcerpserīmus dēcerpserītis dēcerpserint
pluperfect dēcerpsissem dēcerpsissēs dēcerpsisset dēcerpsissēmus dēcerpsissētis dēcerpsissent
passive present dēcerpar dēcerpāris,
dēcerpāre 		dēcerpātur dēcerpāmur dēcerpāminī dēcerpantur
imperfect dēcerperer dēcerperēris,
dēcerperēre 		dēcerperētur dēcerperēmur dēcerperēminī dēcerperentur
perfect dēcerptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēcerptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēcerpe — — dēcerpite —
future — dēcerpitō dēcerpitō — dēcerpitōte dēcerpuntō
passive present — dēcerpere — — dēcerpiminī —
future — dēcerpitor dēcerpitor — — dēcerpuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dēcerpere dēcerpī dēcerpēns —
future dēcerptūrum esse dēcerptum īrī dēcerptūrus dēcerpendus,
dēcerpundus
perfect dēcerpsisse dēcerptum esse — dēcerptus
future perfect — dēcerptum fore — —
perfect potential dēcerptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēcerpendī dēcerpendō dēcerpendum dēcerpendō dēcerptum dēcerptū

Derived terms

References

  • “decerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “decerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decerpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
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