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sapo
sapo
Esperanto
Noun
sapo (accusative singular sapon, plural sapoj, accusative plural sapojn)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”). More at soap.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.poː/
Noun
sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sāpō | sāpōnēs |
| genitive | sāpōnis | sāpōnum |
| dative | sāpōnī | sāpōnibus |
| accusative | sāpōnem | sāpōnēs |
| ablative | sāpōne | sāpōnibus |
| vocative | sāpō | sāpōnēs |
Derived terms
- sāpōnātum
See also
Descendants
References
- sapo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SAPO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sapo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- sapo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sapo in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
sapo (Alytes cysternasii)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese sapo, of unknown origin. Possibly from Iberian.
Cognate with Galician sapo, Mirandese sapo, Asturian sapu, Spanish sapo, Aragonese zapo and Basque apo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsa.po/
- Hyphenation: sa‧po
- Rhymes: -apu
Noun
sapo m (plural sapos)
Derived terms
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Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown, possibly from Iberian, cognate with Basque apo.
Noun
sapo m (plural sapos)
- toad
- (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial, pejorative) voyeur, peeper
- (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial, pejorative) informer
Synonyms
- (voyeur): mirón
- (informer): informante, chivato