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Latin
Etymology
From in- + serpō.
Pronunciation
Verb
īnserpō (present infinitive īnserpere, perfect active īnserpsī, supine īnserptum); third conjugation, no passive
- (with dative) to creep over
Publius Pampinius Statius, Thebais 1.340
Lucius Appuleius, Metamorphoses 7
Conjugation
References
- “inserpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inserpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.