palpebro
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
palpebro (accusative singular palpebron, plural palpebroj, accusative plural palpebrojn)
Related terms edit
- palpebrumi (“to blink”)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto palpebro, English palpebra, French paupière, Italian palpebra, Spanish párpado.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
palpebro (plural palpebri)
Derived terms edit
- palpebragar (“to wink, blink”)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.broː/, [ˈpäɫ̪pɛbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bro/, [ˈpälpebro]
Verb edit
palpebrō (present infinitive palpebrāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to wink frequently, blink
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References edit
- “palpebro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpebro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.