serpo, serpis, serpere C, serpsi, serptum Verb

Translations

  1. to crawl
  2. to move slowly on
  3. to glide
  4. to creep on

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Consonant Conjugation (3)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) serpereserpi
Anter. (Perfect) serpsisseserptum esse
Post. (Future) serpturum esseserptum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. serpere
Gen. serpendi
Dat. serpendo
Acc. serpendum
Voc. serpere
Abl. serpendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative serpe!serpite!
Supinum
Type I serptum
Type II serptū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

ipsa domo vidua votis operata pudicis torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat; inter serpentes aprosque avidosque leones iactor et haesuros terna per ora canes.

~ Ovid, Heroides IX
L. Annaeus Seneca

Illud venenum quod serpentes in alienam perniciem proferunt, sine sua continent, non est huic simile: hoc habentibus pessimum est.

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber X
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Scimus, et hanc ueniam petimusque damusque uicissim, sed non ut placidis coeant immitia, non ut serpentes auibus geminentur, tigribus agni.

~ Horace, Ars Poetica
L. Annaeus Seneca Maior

Ingrata erat ipsa poenae meae dilatio, expectare gravius videbatur quam pati; imaginabar mihi culleum, serpentes, profundum.

~ Seneca the Elder, Liber V

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