Carpe Diem

Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace (see "Source" section below) that has become an aphorism. It is popularly translated as "seize the day". Carpe is the second-person singular present active imperative of the Latin verb carpō, which literally means "I pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather, to eat food, to serve, to want", but Ovid used the word in the sense of, "enjoy, seize, use, make use of".

• or the Greek verb (carponomae) καρπόνομαι, (I grab the fruit, profits, opportunity), (carpos) καρπός=fruit of tree, of effort...