Italian

Verb

palpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palpare

Anagrams

• polpa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.poː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pal- ‎(“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. I touch softly, stroke, pat.
2. (by extension) I caress, flatter, coax, wheedle; soothe.

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Etymology 2

From palpō ‎(“touch softly stroke; flatter”).

Noun

palpō m ‎(genitive palpōnis); third declension

1. flatterer

Inflection

Third declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palpo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• palpo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) 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

Verb

palpo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of palpar.