palpo

See also: palpó and palpò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.po/
  • Rhymes: -alpo
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧po

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

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

  1. to touch softly, stroke, pat
  2. (by extension) to 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
Descendants

Etymology 2

From palpō (“touch softly stroke; flatter”) +‎ -ō (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

palpō m (genitive palpōnis); third declension

  1. 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpalpo/ [ˈpal.po]
  • Rhymes: -alpo
  • Syllabification: pal‧po

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin palpum (“caress”).

Noun

palpo m (plural palpos)

  1. palp; palpus

Verb

palpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of palpar

Further reading
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