serperastra

== Latin == === Alternative forms === serpirastra === Etymology === Possibly from serpō (“creep, crawl”) + rāstrum (“rake, hoe”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛr.pɛˈras.tra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ser.peˈras.tra] === Noun === serperastra n pl (genitive serperastrōrum); second declension (plural only) knee splints or knee bandages for straightening the crooked legs of children ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. ==== 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.