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serpo

serpo

Esperanto

Noun

serpo (accusative singular serpon, plural serpoj, accusative plural serpojn)

  1. sickle
  2. crescent

Ido

Noun

serpo (plural serpi)

  1. billhook

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Cognate[1] with Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō), and Latin rēpō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈser.poː/, [ˈsɛr.poː]

Verb

serpō (present infinitive serpere, perfect active serpsī, supine serptum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I creep, crawl, move slowly.

Inflection

   Conjugation of serpo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serpō serpis serpit serpimus serpitis serpunt
imperfect serpēbam serpēbās serpēbat serpēbāmus serpēbātis serpēbant
future serpam serpēs serpet serpēmus serpētis serpent
perfect serpsī serpsistī serpsit serpsimus serpsistis serpsērunt, serpsēre
pluperfect serpseram serpserās serpserat serpserāmus serpserātis serpserant
future perfect serpserō serpseris serpserit serpserimus serpseritis serpserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serpam serpās serpat serpāmus serpātis serpant
imperfect serperem serperēs serperet serperēmus serperētis serperent
perfect serpserim serpserīs serpserit serpserīmus serpserītis serpserint
pluperfect serpsissem serpsissēs serpsisset serpsissēmus serpsissētis serpsissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present serpe serpite
future serpitō serpitō serpitōte serpuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives serpere serpsisse
participles serpēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
serpere serpendī serpendō serpendum

Derived terms

  • serpēns (serpent, snake; louse; any creeping animal)

References

  1. serpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press