serpo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Russian серп (serp). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈserpo/ Rhymes: -erpo Syllabification: ser‧po === Noun === serpo (accusative singular serpon, plural serpoj, accusative plural serpojn) sickle crescent === Further reading === “serpo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “serpo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === Clipping of serpentiini +‎ -o. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈserpo/, [ˈs̠e̞rpo̞] Rhymes: -erpo Syllabification(key): ser‧po Hyphenation(key): ser‧po === Noun === serpo (slang, motor racing) hairpin, very tight turn (in rally) ==== Declension ==== == Ido == === Noun === serpo (plural serpi) billhook == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti (“to creep, crawl”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्पति (sarpati, “to glide, crawl”), Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛr.poː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛr.po] === Verb === serpō (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, to spread (of a thing or situation) (of fire) to spread ==== Conjugation ==== 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 ==== ==== Related 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.