~ CARP    id+ | PLUCKING or BERATING |
          id+ | FRUIT and HAND |
          ply> | FRUITS OF OUR HANDIWORK |
          id+ | CRITICIZE  CARVE OUT |
~ CARPAL  med> PALM of the HAND
          id+ | TO CARP or
                TO SPEAK UNREASONABLY |
     TO RIP or
     TO TEAR
     lat CARPE   = TO CARVE
         CARPERE = TO CUT or PLUCK AWAY
     sp  CARPAR    DEMAND     sug> GRAB
              ply> | GRABBY HANDS CARP |
~ CARPAL      PERTAINING TO WRIST or CARPOS
~ CARPE       same
~ CARPE DIEM  hx> STOICS CONSIDERED THAT
                  HAPPINESS AND JOY
     SHOULD BE CARVED OUT FROM DAILY LIVING
     maxim> " CARPE DIEM "
     CARVE or PLUCK THE JOY FROM EACH DAY "
     lit+ the above is extracted from
          " CARPE DIEM
            QUAM MINIMUM
            CREDULA POSTERO"
     or CARVE THE DAY
        PLACE LITTLE TRUST ON TOMORROW
     from Odes i - 11-18 by HOMER [#]
     implies perhaps that
     OUR JOY IS
     AT THE TIP OF OUR METACARPALS
     or FINGERS or
     JOY MUST BE EARNED
     lit+ EPICTETUS [#] points out that
          JOY IS AN ACTIVE PURSUIT AND IS NOT A GIFT
          JOY IS FOUND IN FRUITFUL HAND WORK
~ CARPEL  biol> IN BOTANY A SIMPLE PISTIL FROM
                A MODIFIED LEAF
~ CARPO from gr KARPO or         see> CARP
                KARPOS = FRUIT   sug> REAP
             sp CARPAR   TO GATHER WITH INTENSITY
~ CARPOLOGY  biol> STUDY OF FRUITS
~ CARPUS     med> WRIST or CARPOS
                  KERNEL LIKE WRIST BONES
  METACARPAL denotes beyond CARPUS
  myth> CARPO WAS ONE OF THE HORAE
        THEY STOOD FOR THE HARVEST OF FRUITS
  biol> root for SCORPION
  

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