Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin carpio ‎(“carp-like fish”)

Proper noun

Carpio m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the species of which are dispersed in other genera in Cyprinidae.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Carpio cantonensis ( ⇒ Carassioides acuminatus), Carpio flavipinna ( ⇒ Cyprinus rubrofuscus), Carpio kollari, Carpio regina ( ⇒ Cyprinus carpio), Carpio sieboldii, Carpio striatus, Carpio tetsugyo, Carpio vulgaris ( ⇒ Cyprinus carpio)

English

Proper noun

Carpio

1. A town in North Dakota.

Latin

Alternative forms

• carpō, carphō

Noun

carpiō m ‎(genitive carpiōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) carp

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Carpio (obsolete), Cyprinus carpio, Carpiodes carpio, Floridichthys carpio, Salmo carpio

References

• CARPIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• carpio in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “carpio” in Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)