Carpe diem is usually translated from the latin as seize the day.
What does carpe diem mean in latin.
Carpe translates literally as pluck with particular reference to the picking of fruit so a more accurate rendition is enjoy the day pluck the day when.
Carpe diem definition seize the day.
Enjoy the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future meaning pronunciation translations and examples.
Carpe is the second person singular present active imperative of carpÅ pick or pluck used by horace to mean enjoy seize.
How to use carpe diem in a sentence.
Pluck the day or seize the day phrase used by the roman poet horace to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can.
However the more pedantic of latin scholars may very well seize you by the throat if you suggest that translation.
Carpe diem is a latin aphorism usually though questionably translated seize the day taken from book 1 of the roman poet horace s work odes 23 bc.