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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". [2] Diem is the accusative of dies "day". A more literal translation of carpe diem would thus be "pluck the day [as it is ripe]"—that is, enjoy the moment.
Seize the day" is a traditional translation of the Latin phrase carpe diem ("enjoy the day", literally "pluck (or harvest) the day"). Seize the Day may also refer to:
Carpe diem, a Latin phrase meaning "seize the day" Per diem, meaning "per day" De die in diem, a legal term meaning "from day to day" People. Given name.
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D-Day began in the early hours of June 6, 1944, when almost 160,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches or parachuted behind enemy lines to open the long-awaited second front in the war ...
"Seize the Day" – Theme of the album, A Change of Seasons and a calque of the Latin phrase, Carpe Diem, which is also the third movement of the album's title track "Day Tripper" – The Beatles; Per diem – Latin phrase and business term meaning "each day" Jack the Ripper - English serial killer
Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, To morrow will be dying. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun, The higher he's a getting; The sooner will his Race be run, And neerer he's to Setting. That Age is best, which is the first, When Youth and Blood are warmer;
seize the night: An exhortation to make good use of the night, often used when carpe diem, q.v., would seem absurd, e.g., when observing a deep-sky object or conducting a Messier marathon or engaging in social activities after sunset. carpe vinum: seize the wine: Carthago delenda est: Carthage must be destroyed