proserpo

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Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“forward”) +‎ serpō (“creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

Verb

prōserpō (present infinitive prōserpere, perfect active prōserpsī, supine prōserptum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to creep forward
  2. to creep along, to crawl along

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōserpō (third conjugation, active-only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōserpō prōserpis prōserpit prōserpimus prōserpitis prōserpunt
imperfect prōserpēbam prōserpēbās prōserpēbat prōserpēbāmus prōserpēbātis prōserpēbant
future prōserpam prōserpēs prōserpet prōserpēmus prōserpētis prōserpent
perfect prōserpsī prōserpsistī prōserpsit prōserpsimus prōserpsistis prōserpsērunt,
prōserpsēre
pluperfect prōserpseram prōserpserās prōserpserat prōserpserāmus prōserpserātis prōserpserant
future perfect prōserpserō prōserpseris prōserpserit prōserpserimus prōserpseritis prōserpserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōserpam prōserpās prōserpat prōserpāmus prōserpātis prōserpant
imperfect prōserperem prōserperēs prōserperet prōserperēmus prōserperētis prōserperent
perfect prōserpserim prōserpserīs prōserpserit prōserpserīmus prōserpserītis prōserpserint
pluperfect prōserpsissem prōserpsissēs prōserpsisset prōserpsissēmus prōserpsissētis prōserpsissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — prōserpe — — prōserpite —
future — prōserpitō prōserpitō — prōserpitōte prōserpuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives prōserpere prōserpsisse prōserptūrum esse — — —
participles prōserpēns — prōserptūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
prōserpendī prōserpendō prōserpendum prōserpendō prōserptum prōserptū

References

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