palpo

See also: palpó and palpò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.po/
  • Rhymes: -alpo
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧po

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to swing, shake). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, swing, shake, shake loose), Old English fēlan (to feel). More at feel.

Verb

palpō (present infinitive palpāre, perfect active palpāvī, supine palpātum); first conjugation

  1. to touch softly, stroke, pat
  2. (by extension) to caress, flatter, coax, wheedle; soothe
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: palpar
  • English: palpate
  • Finnish: palpoida
  • French: palper
  • Friulian: palpâ
  • Galician: poupar (inherited), apalpar
  • Italian: palpare
  • Piedmontese: palpé
  • Portuguese: poupar (inherited), palpar, apalpar
  • Romanian: palpa
  • Sicilian: parpari
  • Spanish: palpar

Etymology 2

From palpō (touch softly stroke; flatter) +‎ (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

palpō m (genitive palpōnis); third declension

  1. flatterer
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palpō palpōnēs
genitive palpōnis palpōnum
dative palpōnī palpōnibus
accusative palpōnem palpōnēs
ablative palpōne palpōnibus
vocative palpō palpōnēs

References

  • palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • palpo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpalpo/ [ˈpal.po]
  • Rhymes: -alpo
  • Syllabification: pal‧po

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin palpum (caress).

Noun

palpo m (plural palpos)

  1. palp; palpus

Etymology 2

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

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