I learned a new term today...& am passing it on...Carpe Diem.."seize the day"

[Stuart G]

What does Carpe Diem literally mean?

seize the day


Carpe diem, (Latin: “pluck the day” or “seize the day”) phrase used by the Roman poet Horace to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can. ...

[niyad]

1. A wonderfully useful phrase that has been around almost as long as I have.

[left-of-center2012]

9. Apparently originated in 23 BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem

[niyad]

10. As I said. . .

[left-of-center2012]

12. That would make you more than 2,000 years old

[niyad]

21. Shhhhhhhh!! You are not supposed to tell!!

[LakeArenal]

2. High School Class of '70 - our class motto.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Jesuit HS? It was well known back then, to me.

And sorta relates to my life long point that, if you keep an open mind, you never stop learning.

[LakeArenal]

14. No Public High School. The guy that suggested fancied himself a poet.

He is Catholic. Or was. Or could be.

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. Aren't we all? Agnostic as hell.

[LakeArenal]

16. Or worse.

[genxlib]

4. You should see "Dead Poets Society"

Great Robin Williams film.

[if..fish..had..wings]

5. Seize the fish?

We have a bumper sticker

"I think I've seized the wrong day!"

Tempus fugit

[Effete Snob]

6. Originally a daily payment of eels given to fisherman

When they were away from their home port, they would get a eel each day. It was carp per diem.

[SeattleVet]

7. When I worked at a big bank in NYC, if we had to do a business trip, it was...

"Carpe per-diem"

Get that daily food allowance!

[left-of-center2012]

8. 'Carpe diem' is a Latin aphorism ...

‘Carpe diem’ is a Latin aphorism, usually (though questionably) translated "seize the day",
taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).

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 of dies "day". A more literal translation of carpe diem would thus be "pluck the day [as it is ripe]"—that is, enjoy the moment or use the day.
It has been argued by various authors that this interpretation is closer to Horace's original meaning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem#Translation

[silverweb]

11. Double your fun.

Add amor fati to carpe diem and you've really got something going on.

[Coventina]

13. My favorite line from Mrs. Doubtfire: "Carpe Dentum!"

Seize the teeth!!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

17. Here's my favorite...

Carpe Noctem

[LastDemocratInSC]

18. I always thought it was a fishing term for "seize the carp".

[Rhiannon12866]

19. "Carpe diem. Seize the day." - Dead Poets Society - Robin Williams

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. Tale of two times...

[malthaussen]

22. Here I thought it meant "A fish a day." n/t