Carpe diem - wikipedia Carpe diem For other uses, see Carpe diem ( disambiguation ). A sundial inscribed carpe diem Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated `` seize the day '', taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace 's work Odes ( 23 BC ). Contents 1 Translation 2 History 2.1 Sources 2.2 In ancient literature 3 Meaning 3.1 Related expressions 3.2 Hebrew 3.3 Other Latin 4 In popular culture 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Translation 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 ''. Diem is the accusative case of the noun dies `` day ''. A more literal translation of `` carpe diem '' would thus be `` pluck the day ( as it is ripe ) '' -- that is, enjoy the moment. History Sources Text from Odes 1.11 : Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati. seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam, quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum. Sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas : carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. Ask not ( ' tis forbidden knowledge ), what our destined term of years, Mine and yours ; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers. Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past, Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our last ; This, that makes the Tyrrhene billows spend their strength against the shore. Strain your wine and prove your wisdom ; life is short ; should hope be more ? In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb 'd away. Seize the present ; trust tomorrow e'en as little as you may. In ancient literature Perhaps the first written expression of the concept is the advice given by Siduri to Gilgamesh, telling him to forgo his mourning and embrace life although some scholars see it as simply urging Gilgamesh to abandon his mourning, `` reversing the liminal rituals of mourning and returning to the normal and normative behaviors of Mesopotamian society. '' Meaning In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero, which can be translated as `` Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow ( the future ) ''. The ode says that the future is unforeseen and that one should not leave to chance future happenings, but rather one should do all one can today to make one 's future better. This phrase is usually understood against Horace 's Epicurean background. The meaning of `` carpe diem '' as used by Horace is not to ignore the future, but rather not to trust that everything is going to fall into place for you and taking action for the future today. Related expressions Hebrew The phrase ? ואם לא עכשיו, אז מתי ' And if not now, then when ? ' ( Pirkei Avoth 1 : 14 ) Other Latin Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse An 1898 German postcard, quoting `` Gaudeamus igitur '' `` Collige, virgo, rosas '' ( `` gather, girl, the roses '' ) appears at the end of the poem `` De rosis nascentibus '' ( `` Of growing roses '', also called Idyllium de rosis ) attributed to Ausonius or Virgil. It encourages youth to enjoy life before it is too late ; compare `` Gather ye rosebuds while ye may '' from Robert Herrick 's 1648 poem `` To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time ''. `` De Brevitate Vitae '' ( `` On the Shortness of Life '' ), often referred to as `` Gaudeamus igitur '', ( Let us rejoice ) is a popular academic commercium song, on taking joy in student life, with the knowledge that one will someday die. It is medieval Latin, dating to 1287. Related but distinct is the expression memento mori ( remember that you are mortal ) which carries some of the same connotation as carpe diem. For Horace, mindfulness of our own mortality is key in making us realize the importance of the moment. `` Remember that you are mortal, so seize the day. '' Over time the phrase memento mori also came to be associated with penitence, as suggested in many vanitas paintings. Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with carpe diem urging us to savour life and memento mori urging us to resist its allure. This is not the original sense of the memento mori phrase as used by Horace. In popular culture `` Carpe Diem '' is a song by Tuli Kupferberg, which originally appeared in 1965 as `` Seize The Day '' on The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction ( Broadside / Folkways ). A German version of `` carpe diem '' ( Nutze die Zeit ) on the face of a turret clock in Germany In the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society, the English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, famously says : `` Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. '' Later, this line was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute. The television series Community later satirized the movie with the recurring character of Professor Whitman, a comedically eccentric version of Williams ' character who uses `` Carpe diem '' as his guiding philosophy. The American progressive metal band Dream Theater released the 23 - minute epic `` A Change of Seasons '' on their 1995 EP of the same name. The song numerously references the `` carpe diem '' or `` Seize the Day '' aphorism as part of its storyline. The song also includes audio samples from the 1989 film Dead Poets Society and quotes from Robert Herrick 's poem, `` To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time '', all of which are conceived surrounding the concept of `` carpe diem ''. The American heavy metal band Metallica produced a song called `` Carpe Diem Baby '' on their 1997 album Reload. The chorus contains the line `` Come squeeze and suck the day. Come carpe diem, baby ! '' The Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, Carpe Jugulum 's title is a nod to this saying. The soundtrack to the 2011 animated film Phineas and Ferb the Movie : Across the 2nd Dimension includes a track called `` Carpe Diem ''. The American punk rock band, Green Day, produced a song called `` Carpe Diem '' on their 2012 album ¡ Uno !. The chorus is `` Carpe Diem, a battle cry, are we all too young to die ? Ask for reason, and no reply, are we all too young to die ? '' The English alternative rock band, You Me at Six, produced a song called `` Carpe Diem '' on their 2014 album Cavalier Youth. The chorus is `` Carpe diem ' til the very end. I have no regrets. Carpe diem ' til the bitter end. '' Bob Catley 's 1999 solo album Legends includes the song `` Carpe Diem '' with the chorus `` seize the day ''. A song and single of the album Chokmah by the German singer Nena is called `` Carpe Diem ''. It is the motto of Marden High School, École Mission Senior Secondary School, and Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School. Carpe Diem is the second novel of the Agent of Change sequence in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller 's Liaden Universe Science Fiction series Animated television series Gravity Falls has an episode called `` Carpet Diem ''. In an animated comedy web - series `` Camp Camp '' the phrase is used as the motto of Camp Campbell. See also Seize the Day, 1986 film with Robin Williams YOLO -- aphorism `` you only live once '' References Jump up ^ Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina, Liber I, Carmen XI ( in Latin ) Jump up ^ Lewis, Charlton T. ( 1890 ). `` carpō ''. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago : American Book Company. Jump up ^ Translation by John Conington, 1882 Jump up ^ Ackerman, Susan ( 2005 ). When Heroes Love : The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. Columbia University Press. pp. 130 -- 131. ISBN 978 - 0231132602. Jump up ^ Perdue, Leo G. ( 2009 ). Scribes, Sages, and Seers : The Sage in the Eastern Mediterranean World : The Sage in the Mediterranean World. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG. p. 57. ISBN 978 - 3525530832. Jump up ^ Harrison, S.J. ( 2012 ). The Cambridge companion to Horace. Cam Press. pp. 154, 168. ISBN 978 - 0 - 521 - 83002 - 7. Jump up ^ Jacks, Lorra ( February 17, 2013 ). `` The 5 Most Frequently Misused Proverbs ''. Cracked.com. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 02. Jump up ^ `` De rosis nascentibus '' in a collection of the works of Virgil under the note Hoc carmen scripsit poeta ignotus ( This poem was written by an unknown poet ) ; Bibleotheca Augustana ( de ), Augsburg University of Applied Sciences Jump up ^ American Film Institute. `` AFI 's 100 YEARS... 100 MOVIE QUOTES ''. Afi.com. Retrieved 2015 - 03 - 25. 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Question: how to say seize the day in latin
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