palpo
See also: palpó and palpò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpal.po/
- Rhymes: -alpo
- Hyphenation: pàl‧po
Verb
palpo
- first-person singular present indicative of palpare
Anagrams
- lappo, lappò, loppa, polpa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.poː/, [ˈpäɫ̪poː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.po/, [ˈpälpo]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to swing, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “swing, shake, shake loose”), Old English fēlan (“to feel”). More at feel.
Verb
palpō (present infinitive palpāre, perfect active palpāvī, supine palpātum); first conjugation
- I touch softly, stroke, pat.
- (by extension) I caress, flatter, coax, wheedle; soothe.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of palpō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | palpō | palpās | palpat | palpāmus | palpātis | palpant |
| imperfect | palpābam | palpābās | palpābat | palpābāmus | palpābātis | palpābant | |
| future | palpābō | palpābis | palpābit | palpābimus | palpābitis | palpābunt | |
| perfect | palpāvī | palpāvistī | palpāvit | palpāvimus | palpāvistis | palpāvērunt, palpāvēre | |
| pluperfect | palpāveram | palpāverās | palpāverat | palpāverāmus | palpāverātis | palpāverant | |
| future perfect | palpāverō | palpāveris | palpāverit | palpāverimus | palpāveritis | palpāverint | |
| passive | present | palpor | palpāris, palpāre | palpātur | palpāmur | palpāminī | palpantur |
| imperfect | palpābar | palpābāris, palpābāre | palpābātur | palpābāmur | palpābāminī | palpābantur | |
| future | palpābor | palpāberis, palpābere | palpābitur | palpābimur | palpābiminī | palpābuntur | |
| perfect | palpātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | palpātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | palpātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | palpem | palpēs | palpet | palpēmus | palpētis | palpent |
| imperfect | palpārem | palpārēs | palpāret | palpārēmus | palpārētis | palpārent | |
| perfect | palpāverim | palpāverīs | palpāverit | palpāverīmus | palpāverītis | palpāverint | |
| pluperfect | palpāvissem | palpāvissēs | palpāvisset | palpāvissēmus | palpāvissētis | palpāvissent | |
| passive | present | palper | palpēris, palpēre | palpētur | palpēmur | palpēminī | palpentur |
| imperfect | palpārer | palpārēris, palpārēre | palpārētur | palpārēmur | palpārēminī | palpārentur | |
| perfect | palpātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | palpātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | palpā | — | — | palpāte | — |
| future | — | palpātō | palpātō | — | palpātōte | palpantō | |
| passive | present | — | palpāre | — | — | palpāminī | — |
| future | — | palpātor | palpātor | — | — | palpantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | palpāre | palpāvisse | palpātūrum esse | palpārī | palpātum esse | palpātum īrī | |
| participles | palpāns | — | palpātūrus | — | palpātus | palpandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| palpandī | palpandō | palpandum | palpandō | palpātum | palpātū | ||
Derived terms
- compalpō
- expalpō
- palpābilis
- palpāmen
- palpāmentum
- palpātiō
- palpātor
- palpebra
- palpitō
- palpus
Related terms
- palpebrālis
- palpebrāris
- palpebrātiō
- palpebrō
- palpitātiō
- palpitātus
Descendants
- Catalan: palpar
- English: palpate
- French: palper
- Friulian: palpâ
- Galician: poupar (inherited), apalpar
- Italian: palpare
- Piedmontese: palpé
- Portuguese: poupar (inherited), palpar, apalpar
- Sicilian: parpari
- Spanish: palpar
Etymology 2
From palpō (“touch softly stroke; flatter”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix).
Noun
palpō m (genitive palpōnis); third declension
- flatterer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palpō | palpōnēs |
| Genitive | palpōnis | palpōnum |
| Dative | palpōnī | palpōnibus |
| Accusative | palpōnem | palpōnēs |
| Ablative | palpōne | palpōnibus |
| Vocative | palpō | palpōnēs |
References
- “palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- palpo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Verb
palpo
- first-person singular present indicative of palpar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpalpo/ [ˈpal.po]
- Rhymes: -alpo
- Syllabification: pal‧po
Noun
palpo m (plural palpos)
- palp; palpus
Verb
palpo
- first-person singular present indicative of palpar
Further reading
- “palpo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014