serperastra

Latin

Alternative forms

• serpirastra

Etymology

Possibly from serpō (“creep, crawl”) + rāstrum (“rake, hoe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ser.peˈras.tra/, [s̠ɛrpɛˈräs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ser.peˈras.tra/, [serpeˈräst̪rä]

Noun

serperastra n pl (genitive serperastrōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) knee splints or knee bandages for straightening the crooked legs of children

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	serperastra
Genitive	serperastrōrum
Dative	serperastrīs
Accusative	serperastra
Ablative	serperastrīs
Vocative	serperastra

References

• “serperastra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serperastra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.