perserpo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ serpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈser.poː/, [pɛrˈs̠ɛrpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈser.po/, [perˈsɛrpo]

Verb

perserpō (present infinitive perserpere, perfect active perserpsī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to creep perpetually, crawl

Conjugation

Conjugation of perserpō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perserpō	perserpis	perserpit	perserpimus	perserpitis	perserpunt
	imperfect	perserpēbam	perserpēbās	perserpēbat	perserpēbāmus	perserpēbātis	perserpēbant
	future	perserpam	perserpēs	perserpet	perserpēmus	perserpētis	perserpent
	perfect	perserpsī	perserpsistī	perserpsit	perserpsimus	perserpsistis	perserpsērunt, perserpsēre
	pluperfect	perserpseram	perserpserās	perserpserat	perserpserāmus	perserpserātis	perserpserant
	future perfect	perserpserō	perserpseris	perserpserit	perserpserimus	perserpseritis	perserpserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perserpam	perserpās	perserpat	perserpāmus	perserpātis	perserpant
	imperfect	perserperem	perserperēs	perserperet	perserperēmus	perserperētis	perserperent
	perfect	perserpserim	perserpserīs	perserpserit	perserpserīmus	perserpserītis	perserpserint
	pluperfect	perserpsissem	perserpsissēs	perserpsisset	perserpsissēmus	perserpsissētis	perserpsissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perserpe	—	—	perserpite	—
	future	—	perserpitō	perserpitō	—	perserpitōte	perserpuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perserpere	perserpsisse	—	—	—	—
participles		perserpēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perserpendī	perserpendō	perserpendum	perserpendō	—	—

References

• “perserpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perserpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.