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  1. carpe diemproverb

    seize the day, make the most of today, enjoy the present

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  1. Carpe diem

    Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).

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  1. Carpe diem

    Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, more widely known as Horace, that has become an aphorism. It is popularly translated as "seize the day". Carpe is the second-person singular present active imperative of the Latin verb carpō, which literally means "You pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather, to eat food, to serve, to want", but Ovid used the word in the sense of, "enjoy, seize, use, make use of". It is related to the Greek verb καρπόομαι, καρπός=fruit of tree, of effort, etc. Diem refers to "day". Thus, a more accurate translation of "Carpe diem" would be "enjoy the day" or "pluck the day [as it is ripe]".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carpe diem in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carpe diem in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of carpe diem in a Sentence

  1. Horace:

    Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Lat., Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

  2. AiR Atman in Ravi:

    Carpe Diem means 'Seize the Day'! Make the BEST of it in Every way! Don't lose a moment, come what may! Forget about tomorrow, Just Live Today!

  3. George Gordon Byron:

    My time has been passed viciously and agreeably at thirty-one so few years months days hours or minutes remain that 'Carpe Diem' is not enough. I have been obliged to crop even the seconds-for who can trust to tomorrow

  4. Horace, Odes:

    Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow![Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.]


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