palpo

See also: palpó and palpò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.po/
• Rhymes: -alpo
• Hyphenation: pàl‧po

Verb

palpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpare

Anagrams

• lappo, lappò, loppa, polpa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.poː/, [ˈpäɫ̪poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.po/, [ˈpälpo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to swing, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “swing, shake, shake loose”), Old English fēlan (“to feel”). More at feel.

Verb

palpō (present infinitive palpāre, perfect active palpāvī, supine palpātum); first conjugation

1. to touch softly, stroke, pat
2. (by extension) to caress, flatter, coax, wheedle; soothe

Conjugation

   Conjugation of palpō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	palpō	palpās	palpat	palpāmus	palpātis	palpant
	imperfect	palpābam	palpābās	palpābat	palpābāmus	palpābātis	palpābant
	future	palpābō	palpābis	palpābit	palpābimus	palpābitis	palpābunt
	perfect	palpāvī	palpāvistī	palpāvit	palpāvimus	palpāvistis	palpāvērunt, palpāvēre
	pluperfect	palpāveram	palpāverās	palpāverat	palpāverāmus	palpāverātis	palpāverant
	future perfect	palpāverō	palpāveris	palpāverit	palpāverimus	palpāveritis	palpāverint
passive	present	palpor	palpāris, palpāre	palpātur	palpāmur	palpāminī	palpantur
	imperfect	palpābar	palpābāris, palpābāre	palpābātur	palpābāmur	palpābāminī	palpābantur
	future	palpābor	palpāberis, palpābere	palpābitur	palpābimur	palpābiminī	palpābuntur
	perfect	palpātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	palpātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	palpātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	palpem	palpēs	palpet	palpēmus	palpētis	palpent
imperfect	palpārem	palpārēs	palpāret	palpārēmus	palpārētis	palpārent
perfect	palpāverim	palpāverīs	palpāverit	palpāverīmus	palpāverītis	palpāverint
pluperfect	palpāvissem	palpāvissēs	palpāvisset	palpāvissēmus	palpāvissētis	palpāvissent
passive	present	palper	palpēris, palpēre	palpētur	palpēmur	palpēminī	palpentur
imperfect	palpārer	palpārēris, palpārēre	palpārētur	palpārēmur	palpārēminī	palpārentur
perfect	palpātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	palpātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	palpā	—	—	palpāte	—
	future	—	palpātō	palpātō	—	palpātōte	palpantō
passive	present	—	palpāre	—	—	palpāminī	—
	future	—	palpātor	palpātor	—	—	palpantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		palpāre	palpāvisse	palpātūrum esse	palpārī	palpātum esse	palpātum īrī
participles		palpāns	—	palpātūrus	—	palpātus	palpandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		palpandī	palpandō	palpandum	palpandō	palpātum	palpātū

Derived terms

• compalpō
• expalpō
• palpābilis
• palpāmen
• palpāmentum
• palpātiō
• palpātor
• palpebra
• palpitō
• palpus

Related terms

• palpebrālis
• palpebrāris
• palpebrātiō
• palpebrō
• palpitātiō
• palpitātus

Descendants

• Catalan: palpar
• English: palpate
• French: palper
• Friulian: palpâ
• Galician: poupar (inherited), apalpar
• Italian: palpare
• Piedmontese: palpé
• Portuguese: poupar (inherited), palpar, apalpar
• Romanian: palpa
• Sicilian: parpari
• Spanish: palpar

Etymology 2

From palpō (“touch softly stroke; flatter”) +‎ -ō (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

palpō m (genitive palpōnis); third declension

1. flatterer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palpō	palpōnēs
genitive	palpōnis	palpōnum
dative	palpōnī	palpōnibus
accusative	palpōnem	palpōnēs
ablative	palpōne	palpōnibus
vocative	palpō	palpōnēs

References

• “palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• palpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• palpo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

palpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalpo/ [ˈpal.po]
• Rhymes: -alpo
• Syllabification: pal‧po

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin palpum (“caress”).

Noun

palpo m (plural palpos)

1. palp; palpus

Etymology 2

Verb

palpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

Further reading

• “palpo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10