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Esperanto
Etymology
From serpento (“snake”) + -ido (offspring suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
serpentido (accusative singular serpentidon, plural serpentidoj, accusative plural serpentidojn)
- snakelet
1908, D. H. Lambert (translator), Makbeto, archived from the original on 20 May 2021, SCENO KVARA - salono en la palaco:Serpento la plenkreska tie kuŝas;
La serpentido forglitinte naskos,
Post ne tre longa tempo la venenon,
Sed nun sendenta.- There, the old serpent lies;
The snakelet will slither away after birth,
After not so long there shall be venom,
But now, toothless.
1996 February 15, Robb Kvasnak, “Letters”, in Miami New Times, archived from the original on 2021-05-20:Similas al nesto plena je ovoj de kiuj [--] post longa kovado -- glitas venenaj serpentidoj kaj ne kokidoj.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1999 May 13, Nenad Aliic', “Anstatawigi l latinan per esperanto”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet), retrieved 2021-05-23:Nu , tiu Simon Payne estas kiel serpentido sin nutranta de la mamoj de esperanto .- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2002, Sendependa Ĉiumonata Revuo, Redakcie:La esenca penso de la gazetaraj komentoj esprimiĝas en la frazo: “Bonaj homoj donis rifuĝon al serpentido”.- The essential thought from the newspaper comments is expressed in the sentence: "Good men give refuge to the snakelet".