LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

īnserpō

īnserpō (present infinitive īnserpere, perfect active īnserpsī, supine īnserptum)
Classical[ĩːˈsɛr.poː]Ecclesiastical[inˈsɛr.po]

Meaning

  1. to creep over
    Publius Pampinius Statius, Thebais 1.340
    Lucius Appuleius, Metamorphoses 7

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnserpōīnserpēbamīnserpamīnserpsīīnserpseramīnserpserō
2nd sg.īnserpisīnserpēbāsīnserpēsīnserpsistīīnserpserāsīnserpseris
3rd sg.īnserpitīnserpēbatīnserpetīnserpsitīnserpseratīnserpserit
1st pl.īnserpimusīnserpēbāmusīnserpēmusīnserpsimusīnserpserāmusīnserpserimus
2nd pl.īnserpitisīnserpēbātisīnserpētisīnserpsistisīnserpserātisīnserpseritis
3rd pl.īnserpuntīnserpēbantīnserpentīnserpsērunt
īnserpsēre		īnserpserantīnserpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnserpamīnserperemīnserpserimīnserpsissem
2nd sg.īnserpāsīnserperēsīnserpserīsīnserpsissēs
3rd sg.īnserpatīnserperetīnserpseritīnserpsisset
1st pl.īnserpāmusīnserperēmusīnserpserīmusīnserpsissēmus
2nd pl.īnserpātisīnserperētisīnserpserītisīnserpsissētis
3rd pl.īnserpantīnserperentīnserpserintīnserpsissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnserpe—
pres. 2nd pl.īnserpite—
fut. 2nd sg.īnserpitō—
fut. 3rd sg.īnserpitō—
fut. 2nd pl.īnserpitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.īnserpuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnserpere—
perfect infinitiveīnserpsisse—
future infinitiveīnserptūrum esse—
present participleīnserpēns—
future participleīnserptūrus—
gerundīnserpendī, īnserpendō, īnserpendumsupineīnserptum, īnserptū

in-serpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n.,
I. to crcep on or over any thing; only trop.; constr. with dat. (poet. and post-class.): jam somnus avaris Inserpit curis, Stat. Th. 1, 340: ei lanugo malis inserpebat, covered over his cheeks, App. M. 7, p. 189 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinīnserpō

Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Latin serpō Latin īnserpō From in- + serpō.

Quick answers

What does īnserpō mean in Latin?
īnserpō, a verb, means “to creep over”.
What are the principal parts of īnserpō?
īnserpō, īnserpere, īnserpsī, īnserptum (third conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce īnserpō?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈsɛr.poː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈsɛr.po].
Where does īnserpō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnserpō.