sarpo

Javanese

Romanization

sarpo

  1. nonstandard spelling of sarpa, romanization of ꦱꦂꦥ

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

Verb

sarpō (present infinitive sarpere, perfect active sarpsī, supine sarptum); third conjugation

  1. to prune (especially the vine)

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.