LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sarpa1

sarpa f (genitive sarpae)

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinfemininesome agricultural tool, such as a pruning-hook, mattock or hoe
    Sarculum, sarpa vel fossoriumc. 1264, Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum doctrinale:
    Obtinentes autem quae cis citraque murum sunt regiones, inhabitare coeperunt victores; ac citato repente rurali vulgo, cum suis sarpis quilibet et ligonibus, rastris, tridentibus et fossoriis, patulas in eo rimas foraminaque crebra perfodiunt; quibus ubique promptum habeant aditum etiam et recessum.c. 1385, John of Fordun, Chronica Gentis Scotorum, volume 3:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesarpasarpae
genitivesarpaesarpārum
dativesarpaesarpīs
accusativesarpamsarpās
ablativesarpāsarpīs
vocativesarpasarpae

Origins

Seemingly from sarpō (“to prune”) + -a. Compare French serpe.

noun · femininefirst declension
sarpa2
sarpa f (genitive sarpae)

Meaning

  1. feminineheron

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesarpasarpae
genitivesarpaesarpārum
dativesarpaesarpīs
accusativesarpamsarpās
ablativesarpāsarpīs
vocativesarpasarpae

Origins

Possibly connected to Greek ἅρπη (hárpē).

Quick answers

What does sarpa mean in Latin?
sarpa, a noun, means “some agricultural tool, such as a pruning-hook, mattock or hoe”.
What is the genitive of sarpa?
The genitive singular is sarpae. sarpa is feminine, first declension.