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Sarpēdōn, ŏnis, m., = Σαρπηδών,

  1. I. a son of Jupiter and Europa, king of Lycia, who was killed by Patroclus before Troy, Hyg. Fab. 106; 112; Verg. A. 1, 100; Serv. 9, 697; 10, 471; Ov. M. 13, 255; Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; Gr. acc. Sarpedona, Gell. 15, 21, 1.
  2. II. A promontory in Cilicia, now Lissan el Kahpe, Liv. 38, 38, 9; Mel. 1, 13, 5; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.

* 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.

sarptus, a, um, Part., v. sarpo.