decerpo

decerpo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ carpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈker.poː/, [d̪eːˈkɛrpoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃer.po/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛrpo]

Verb

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

1. I 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.”
     (The poetic voice is that of Flora (mythology).)

2. I cull
3. I 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcerpere	dēcerpsisse	dēcerptūrum esse	dēcerpī	dēcerptum esse	dēcerptum īrī
participles		dēcerpēns	—	dēcerptūrus	—	dēcerptus	dēcerpendus, dēcerpundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcerpendī	dēcerpendō	dēcerpendum	dēcerpendō	dēcerptum	dēcerptū

Derived terms

• dēcermina
• dēcerptiō
• dēcerptor
• dēcerptus

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)