serpo
See also: ŝerpo
Esperanto
editEtymology
editNoun
editserpo (accusative singular serpon, plural serpoj, accusative plural serpojn)
Ido
editNoun
editserpo (plural serpi)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti (“to creep, crawl”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit सर्पति (sarpati, “to glide, crawl”), Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō), and Latin rēpō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈser.poː/, [ˈs̠ɛrpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈser.po/, [ˈsɛrpo]
Verb
editserpō (present infinitive serpere, perfect active serpsī, supine serptum); third conjugation, no passive
- to creep, crawl, move slowly (of an animal)
- (figuratively) to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep in or along, proceed gradually (of a thing or situation)
Conjugation
edit1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- “serpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “serpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- serpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
- a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “serpō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
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