proserpo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“forward”) +‎ serpō (“creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈser.poː/, [proːˈs̠ɛrpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈser.po/, [proˈs̬ɛrpo]

Verb

prōserpō (present infinitive prōserpere, perfect active prōserpsī, supine prōserptum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to creep forward
2. to creep along, to crawl along

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōserpō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōserpō	prōserpis	prōserpit	prōserpimus	prōserpitis	prōserpunt
	imperfect	prōserpēbam	prōserpēbās	prōserpēbat	prōserpēbāmus	prōserpēbātis	prōserpēbant
	future	prōserpam	prōserpēs	prōserpet	prōserpēmus	prōserpētis	prōserpent
	perfect	prōserpsī	prōserpsistī	prōserpsit	prōserpsimus	prōserpsistis	prōserpsērunt, prōserpsēre
	pluperfect	prōserpseram	prōserpserās	prōserpserat	prōserpserāmus	prōserpserātis	prōserpserant
	future perfect	prōserpserō	prōserpseris	prōserpserit	prōserpserimus	prōserpseritis	prōserpserint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōserpam	prōserpās	prōserpat	prōserpāmus	prōserpātis	prōserpant
	imperfect	prōserperem	prōserperēs	prōserperet	prōserperēmus	prōserperētis	prōserperent
	perfect	prōserpserim	prōserpserīs	prōserpserit	prōserpserīmus	prōserpserītis	prōserpserint
	pluperfect	prōserpsissem	prōserpsissēs	prōserpsisset	prōserpsissēmus	prōserpsissētis	prōserpsissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōserpe	—	—	prōserpite	—
	future	—	prōserpitō	prōserpitō	—	prōserpitōte	prōserpuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōserpere	prōserpsisse	prōserptūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		prōserpēns	—	prōserptūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōserpendī	prōserpendō	prōserpendum	prōserpendō	prōserptum	prōserptū

References

• “proserpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proserpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.