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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diʃˈʃɛr.po/
- Rhymes: -ɛrpo
- Hyphenation: di‧scèr‧po
Verb
discerpo
- first-person singular present indicative of discerpere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + carpō.
Pronunciation
Verb
discerpō (present infinitive discerpere, perfect active discerpsī, supine discerptum); third conjugation
- to pluck or tear to pieces; to rend, mutilate or mangle
- Synonyms: amputō, dīscindō, scindō, findō, carpō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō, putō
- Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō
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References
- “discerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “discerpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discerpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.