sarpo

Javanese

Noun

sarpo

Nonstandard spelling of sarpa.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sr̥p-, with cognates including Old Church Slavonic срьпъ (srĭpŭ, “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) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.poː/, [ˈs̠ärpoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.po/, [ˈsärpo]

Verb

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

to prune (especially the vine)

Conjugation

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Descendants

Spanish: serpollo

References

“sarpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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