sarpo
Javanese
Romanization
sarpo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p- (“to cut off”), with cognates including Proto-Slavic *sь̃rpъ (“sickle”), Latvian sirpis. Traditionally connected with Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), whence Latin harpagō and English harpoon, in turn uncertainly related to ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey; sickle”), itself uncertainly derived from *serp-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsar.poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsar.po]
Verb
sarpō (present infinitive sarpere, perfect active sarpsī, supine sarptum); third conjugation
- to prune (especially the vine)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sarpō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Spanish: serpollo
References
- “sarpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540
- sarpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.