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scerpare

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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With a change in conjugation, from Latin excerpere (to choose, select).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ʃerˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scer‧pà‧re

Verb

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scerpàre (first-person singular present scèrpo, first-person singular past historic scerpài, past participle scerpàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or literary) to rend, to tear off
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 34–36; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Da che fatto fu poi di sangue bruno,
      ricominciò a dir: “Perché mi scerpi?
      non hai tu spirto di pietade alcuno? []
      After it had become embrowned with blood,
      it recommenced its cry: “Why dost thou rend me? ⁠
      Hast thou no spirit of pity whatsoever? []

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • scerpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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