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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-pe dee-em; English kahr-pee dahy-uh m, kahr-pey dee-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr pɛ ˈdi ɛm; English ˈkɑr pi ˈdaɪ əm, ˈkɑr peɪ ˈdi əm



Définition of carpe diem

Origin :
  • 1786, Latin, "enjoy the day," literally "pluck the day (while it is ripe)," an aphorism from Horace ("Odes" I.xi), from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (see harvest (n.)).
  • noun seize the day
Example sentences :
  • "Carpe Diem," I snarled at Horace, a hammered-down heavyweight.
  • Extract from : « Modus Vivendi » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • His motto was "Carpe diem," and he carefully contrived to live down to it.
  • Extract from : « Edgar Saltus: The Man » by Marie Saltus
  • A great deal of his best poetry is merely a variation on carpe diem.
  • Extract from : « Old and New Masters » by Robert Lynd
  • Your sentiment on the wisdom of Carpe diem does not impress me today.
  • Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy
  • Never so poignantly had he felt the insistence of the carpe diem.
  • Extract from : « The Rules of the Game » by Stewart Edward White
  • The wisdom of the worldly teacher—at least, the carpe diem—was practised here before the injunction was ever thought of.
  • Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
  • Thus evoking a smile from a casual carp,Who had "carpe diem" for his motto.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 12, 1895 » by Various
  • It breathes the true pagan spirit, Carpe diem—Seize the day.
  • Extract from : « The Catacombs of Rome » by William Henry Withrow
  • “Carpe diem is my motto,” observed a jovial, bald-headed gentleman, who sat next to him.
  • Extract from : « The Missing Ship » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • He plucks the present—carpe diem, as Horace sings, and never for an instant troubles himself about the future.
  • Extract from : « Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 » by Ernst Eckstein

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