Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
carpe carpe diem noctum carpe vidum
English translation:
seize the day, seize the night, seize the life
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Egmont
May 29, 2002 03:24
22 yrs ago
Latin term
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carpe carpe diem noctum carpe vidum
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carpe carpe diem noctum carpe vidum
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Fernando Muela Sopeña
Spain
Spain
Spain
The passion for the right word
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: French to Spanish, Russian to Spanish, Spanish
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seize the day, seize the night, seize the life
I suppose it's not "vidum" but "vitam".
God luck!
Commentary on Carpe Vitam - [ Traduzca esta página ]
I used ... that rhyme... Oh yeah, Carpe Vitam means "seize
life"! Go back to poem Go back to poetry page.
www.public.iastate.edu/~hoyj/vit2.html -
God luck!
Commentary on Carpe Vitam - [ Traduzca esta página ]
I used ... that rhyme... Oh yeah, Carpe Vitam means "seize
life"! Go back to poem Go back to poetry page.
www.public.iastate.edu/~hoyj/vit2.html -
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Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Currently employed in-house
Native in: Romanian 
, Hungarian
Works in: German to Romanian, English to Romanian, Romanian to German, and 4 more.
seize the day, seize the night, seize the void
carpe diem is seize the day, the rest I just made up from the reminiscences of my school Latin
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Antoinette Verburg
: could you please provide a reference for 'vidum'? I don't think this word exists... or does it?
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David Wigtil
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US native: Ph.D., secur.clear., 5 books
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Norwegian to English, and 11 more.
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Corrected Latin: carpe diem, carpe noctem, carpe ???.
The correct forms are:
CARPE DIEM ("harvest the day")
CARPE NOCTEM ("harvest the night")
CARPE VITAM ("harvest life") -- unless you meant: CARPE VIDUUM ("harvest the widower"--???)
CARPE means "harvest, pluck, pick", and really doesn't mean "seize". That's why "seize the day" (a little violent?)is often re-phrased as "stop and smell the roses".
CARPE DIEM ("harvest the day")
CARPE NOCTEM ("harvest the night")
CARPE VITAM ("harvest life") -- unless you meant: CARPE VIDUUM ("harvest the widower"--???)
CARPE means "harvest, pluck, pick", and really doesn't mean "seize". That's why "seize the day" (a little violent?)is often re-phrased as "stop and smell the roses".
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