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No. The phrase is from the Latin, and means 'Seize the opportunity'. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'carpe' means '[you] seize or take'; and 'diem' means 'day'. If you Google 'carpe diem symbols', you see sites that offer tattoos of 'carpe diem symbols'. These symbols emphasize the lushness of life in the present moment. But they aren't based on anything passed along with the phrase from the ancient Roman civlization.

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