serpo

See also: ŝerpo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Russian серп (serp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈserpo/
  • Rhymes: -erpo
  • Hyphenation: ser‧po

Noun

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

  1. sickle
  2. crescent

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of serpentiini +‎ -o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈserpo/, [ˈs̠e̞rpo̞]
  • Rhymes: -erpo
  • Syllabification(key): ser‧po
  • Hyphenation(key): ser‧po

Noun

serpo

  1. (slang, motor racing) hairpin, very tight turn (in rally)

Declension

Inflection of serpo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative serpo serpot
genitive serpon serpojen
partitive serpoa serpoja
illative serpoon serpoihin
singular plural
nominative serpo serpot
accusative nom. serpo serpot
gen. serpon
genitive serpon serpojen
partitive serpoa serpoja
inessive serpossa serpoissa
elative serposta serpoista
illative serpoon serpoihin
adessive serpolla serpoilla
ablative serpolta serpoilta
allative serpolle serpoille
essive serpona serpoina
translative serpoksi serpoiksi
abessive serpotta serpoitta
instructive — serpoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of serpo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative serponi serponi
accusative nom. serponi serponi
gen. serponi
genitive serponi serpojeni
partitive serpoani serpojani
inessive serpossani serpoissani
elative serpostani serpoistani
illative serpooni serpoihini
adessive serpollani serpoillani
ablative serpoltani serpoiltani
allative serpolleni serpoilleni
essive serponani serpoinani
translative serpokseni serpoikseni
abessive serpottani serpoittani
instructive — —
comitative — serpoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative serposi serposi
accusative nom. serposi serposi
gen. serposi
genitive serposi serpojesi
partitive serpoasi serpojasi
inessive serpossasi serpoissasi
elative serpostasi serpoistasi
illative serpoosi serpoihisi
adessive serpollasi serpoillasi
ablative serpoltasi serpoiltasi
allative serpollesi serpoillesi
essive serponasi serpoinasi
translative serpoksesi serpoiksesi
abessive serpottasi serpoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — serpoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative serpomme serpomme
accusative nom. serpomme serpomme
gen. serpomme
genitive serpomme serpojemme
partitive serpoamme serpojamme
inessive serpossamme serpoissamme
elative serpostamme serpoistamme
illative serpoomme serpoihimme
adessive serpollamme serpoillamme
ablative serpoltamme serpoiltamme
allative serpollemme serpoillemme
essive serponamme serpoinamme
translative serpoksemme serpoiksemme
abessive serpottamme serpoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — serpoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative serponne serponne
accusative nom. serponne serponne
gen. serponne
genitive serponne serpojenne
partitive serpoanne serpojanne
inessive serpossanne serpoissanne
elative serpostanne serpoistanne
illative serpoonne serpoihinne
adessive serpollanne serpoillanne
ablative serpoltanne serpoiltanne
allative serpollenne serpoillenne
essive serponanne serpoinanne
translative serpoksenne serpoiksenne
abessive serpottanne serpoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — serpoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative serponsa serponsa
accusative nom. serponsa serponsa
gen. serponsa
genitive serponsa serpojensa
partitive serpoaan
serpoansa 		serpojaan
serpojansa
inessive serpossaan
serpossansa 		serpoissaan
serpoissansa
elative serpostaan
serpostansa 		serpoistaan
serpoistansa
illative serpoonsa serpoihinsa
adessive serpollaan
serpollansa 		serpoillaan
serpoillansa
ablative serpoltaan
serpoltansa 		serpoiltaan
serpoiltansa
allative serpolleen
serpollensa 		serpoilleen
serpoillensa
essive serponaan
serponansa 		serpoinaan
serpoinansa
translative serpokseen
serpoksensa 		serpoikseen
serpoiksensa
abessive serpottaan
serpottansa 		serpoittaan
serpoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — serpoineen
serpoinensa

Ido

Noun

serpo (plural serpi)

  1. billhook

Latin

Etymology

From 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

Verb

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

  1. to creep, crawl, move slowly (of an animal)
  2. (figuratively) to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep in or along, proceed gradually, to spread (of a thing or situation)
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.268–269:
      “Tempus erat quō prīma quiēs mortālibus aegrīs
      incipit et dōnō dīvum grātissima serpit.”
      “It was the time when the first rest for careworn mortals begins, and as a gift of the gods it creeps in most pleasantly.”
      (The irony of “incipit” and “serpit”: As the weary Trojans rest, Greek soldiers “creep” from the wooden horse; the nighttime attack “begins”.)
  3. (of fire) to spread

Conjugation

   Conjugation of serpō (third conjugation, no passive)
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
sigmatic future1 serpsō serpsis serpsit serpsimus serpsitis serpsint
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
sigmatic aorist1 serpsim serpsīs serpsīt serpsīmus serpsītis serpsint
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — serpe — — serpite —
future — serpitō serpitō — serpitōte serpuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present serpere — serpēns —
future serptūrum esse — serptūrus —
perfect serpsisse — — —
perfect potential serptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
serpendī serpendō serpendum serpendō serptum serptū

1At least one use of the Old Latin "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

Descendants

  • → Italian: serpere

References

  • “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)
  1. ^ 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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