"carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" This is one of my favorite phrases. I think s is a great motto and have always love the message it gives. I even knew the popular translation as "seize the day, put no trust in the future". It wasn't until this class that I understood the grammar behind this phrase. I now realize that carpe is the imperative form of carpere meaning to seize or to take. I also understand how diem is the accusative singular of a 3rd declension noun. I am planning to go to medical school and I am hopeful that this class will prove useful as I am memorizing medical terminology based entirely upon Latin roots. I have already begun to notice how many words familiar to me have their root in Latin.
~Nathan Watts
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