# serpo
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Russian серп (serp).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈserpo]
* Rhymes: -erpo
* Hyphenation: ser‧po

### Noun

serpo (accusative singular serpon, plural serpoj, accusative plural serpojn)
* sickle
* crescent

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of serpentiini +‎ -o

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈserpo/, [ˈs̠e̞rpo̞]
* Rhymes: -erpo
* Hyphenation: ser‧po

### Noun

serpo
* (slang, motor racing) hairpin, very tight turn (in rally)

#### Declension

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)
* 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), and Latin rēpō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈser.poː/, [ˈs̠ɛrpoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈser.po/, [ˈsɛrpo]

### 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)
** 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”.)
* (of fire) to spread
** c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 3.101:Cumque ignis magnitudine venti latius serperet, [...]As the fire spread more and more, given favourable wind, [...]

#### Conjugation

$^1$At 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

* deserpō
* disserpō
* inserpō
* perserpō
* prōserpō
* serpēdō
* serpēns
* serperastra
* serpula

#### Related terms

* serpentāria
* serpentiformis
* serpentigena
* serpentīnus
* serpentipēs

#### 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, London: Macmillan and Co. a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
* ↑ 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