increpo
See also: increpó
Catalan
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.kre.poː/, [ˈɪŋkrɛpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.kre.po/, [ˈiŋkrepo]
Verb
increpō (present infinitive increpāre, perfect active increpuī or increpāvī, supine increpitum or increpātum); first conjugation
- to rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.812:
- annuit Alcīdēs increpuitque lyram
- Alcides nodded assent and sounded [his] lyre.
(Alcides: Alternate name for Hercules. The extant text of Ovid’s Fasti (poem) includes only the first six months of the Roman year; this is the final line for June.)
- Alcides nodded assent and sounded [his] lyre.
- annuit Alcīdēs increpuitque lyram
- to rebuke, chide, protest, complain
- (poetic) to exhort, stimulate, urge
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “increpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- increpo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “increpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- increpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈkɾepo/ [ĩŋˈkɾe.po]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Syllabification: in‧cre‧po
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