sarpo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sarpo, no perf., sarptum, 3, v. a. [root sarp-; Gr. ἁρπάζω];

in agricult. lang., to cut off , trim , prune , clean : sarpta vinea putata, id est pura facta: unde et virgulae abscisae sarmenta. Sarpere enim antiqui pro purgare ponebant, Fest. p. 322 Müll.

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