salpare

Italian

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Italian sarpare, of uncertain further origin.[1] Babiniotis considers the term to be from an earlier Vulgar Latin *ex-harpāre, which would be borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξαρπάζω (exarpázō, to snatch away from, tear out), with sense development "to tear off" > "to drag quickly" > "to weigh anchor".[2] Other theories derive the Old Italian from serpe (snake), itself from Latin serpēns, though the sense development under this theory is unclear. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /salˈpa.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: sal‧pà‧re

    Verb

    salpàre (first-person singular present sàlpo, first-person singular past historic salpài, past participle salpàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

    1. (transitive, nautical) to weigh (anchor)
    2. (transitive, by extension) to recover (a submerged object)
    3. (intransitive, nautical) to set sail [auxiliary essere]
    4. (intransitive, humorous) to leave [auxiliary essere]

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: salpar
    • Greek: σαλπάρω (salpáro)

    References

    1. ^ salpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
    2. ^ The template Template:R:Babiniotis 2010 does not use the parameter(s):
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      salpare - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1241

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