What Does Carpe Diem?

Carpe diem is a Latin phrase that can be translated literally as “pluck the day,” though It is more widely translated as “seize the day.”

What does Carpe mean in English?

: seize the night : enjoy the pleasures of the night — compare carpe diem.

What does Carpe in Latin mean?

Translation. Carpe is the second-person singular present active imperative of carpō "pick or pluck" used by Horace to mean "enjoy, seize, use, make use of". Diem is the accusative of dies "day".

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