scerpare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

With a change in conjugation, from Latin excerpere (to choose, select).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ʃerˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scer‧pà‧re

Verb

scerpàre (first-person singular present scèrpo, first-person singular past historic scerpài, past participle scerpàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or literary) to rend, to tear off
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno, lines 34–36:
      Da che fatto fu poi di sangue bruno, / ricominciò a dir: “Perché mi scerpi? non hai tu spirto di pietade alcuno? []
      After it had become embrowned with blood, it recommenced its cry: “Why dost thou rend me? ⁠Hast thou no spirit of pity whatsoever? []

Conjugation

Further reading

  • scerpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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