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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Thematic root present of *serp- (“to creep, crawl”).
Verb
*sérpeti (imperfective)[1][2]
- to be creeping, to be crawling
Inflection
| Imperfective, thematic
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| 3rd singular
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*sérpeti
|
| 3rd plural
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*sérponti
|
| Active voice
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Present indicative
|
Past indicative
|
Imperative
|
Subjunctive
|
Optative
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| 1st singular
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*sérpoh₂
|
*sérpom
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—
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*sérpōh₂
|
*sérpoyh₁m̥
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| 2nd singular
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*sérpesi
|
*sérpes
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*sérpe
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*sérpēsi
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*sérpoys
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| 3rd singular
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*sérpeti
|
*sérpet
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*sérpetu
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*sérpēti
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*sérpoyt
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| 1st dual
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*sérpowos
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*sérpowe
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—
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*sérpōwos
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*sérpoywe
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| 2nd dual
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*sérpetes
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*sérpetom
|
*sérpetom
|
*sérpētes
|
*sérpoytom
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| 3rd dual
|
*sérpetes
|
*sérpetām
|
*sérpetām
|
*sérpētes
|
*sérpoytām
|
| 1st plural
|
*sérpomos
|
*sérpome
|
—
|
*sérpōmos
|
*sérpoyme
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| 2nd plural
|
*sérpete
|
*sérpete
|
*sérpete
|
*sérpēte
|
*sérpoyte
|
| 3rd plural
|
*sérponti
|
*sérpont
|
*sérpontu
|
*sérpōnti
|
*sérpoyh₁n̥t
|
|
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| Participle
|
*sérponts
|
|
| Middle voice
|
Present indicative
|
Past indicative
|
Imperative
|
Subjunctive
|
Optative
|
| 1st singular
|
*sérpoh₂er
|
*sérpoh₂e
|
—
|
*sérpōh₂er
|
*sérpoyh₂e
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| 2nd singular
|
*sérpeth₂er
|
*sérpeth₂e
|
*sérpeso
|
*sérpēth₂er
|
*sérpoyth₂e
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| 3rd singular
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*sérpetor
|
*sérpeto
|
*?
|
*sérpētor
|
*sérpoyto, *sérpoyh₁o
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| 1st dual
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*sérpowosdʰh₂
|
*sérpowedʰh₂
|
—
|
*sérpōwosdʰh₂
|
*sérpoywedʰh₂
|
| 2nd dual
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*?
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*?
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*?
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*?
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*?
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| 3rd dual
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*?
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*?
|
*?
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*?
|
*?
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| 1st plural
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*sérpomosdʰh₂
|
*sérpomedʰh₂
|
—
|
*sérpōmosdʰh₂
|
*sérpoymedʰh₂
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| 2nd plural
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*sérpedʰh₂we
|
*sérpedʰh₂we
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*sérpedʰh₂we
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*sérpēdʰh₂we
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*sérpoydʰh₂we
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| 3rd plural
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*sérpontor
|
*sérponto
|
*?
|
*sérpōntor
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*sérpoyro
|
|
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| Participle
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*sérpomnos
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕρπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “serpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
