ἕρπω
ἕρπω, impf.
A). εἷρπον Od. 12.395 codd.,
E. Cyc. 423 , etc.,
ἧρπον IG 4.951.86 (Epid.): Dor. fut.
ἑρψῶ Theoc. 5.45 ,
18.40 , Att. only in compd.
ἐφέρψω, later
ἑρπύσω (
διεξ-)
Arist. Mu. 398b33 : aor.
ἧρψα (
ἐξ-)
LXX Ps. 104(105).30 ; Att.
εἵρπῠσα Ar. V. 272 : (cf. Lat.
serpo):—move slowly, walk, ἥμενος ἤ ἕρπων Od. 17.158 ;
ὅσσα τε γαῖανἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει Il. 17.447 ;
ἔργα ζωοῖσιν ἑρπόντεσσί θ’ ὁμοῖα Pi. O. 7.52 ;
ἕρπον (
εἷρπον codd.)
ῥινοί began to move, Od. 12.395 ; of infants,
A. Th. 17 ; of a lame man,
S. Ph. 207 (lyr.);
ἕ. ἐξ εὐνῆς Ar. V. 552 ;
ἕρπον τοῖς ὀδοῦσι θηρίον an animal that
walks on its teeth,
Carm.Pop. 35 .
2). simply,
go, come, in Dor. dialects, where the aor. is
ἔμολον, ἦνθον, etc.,
εἰς τὸ ἱερόν IG 4.951.86 (Epid.), cf.
GDI 5040.39 (Crete),
BMus.Inscr. 968 A 6 (Cos), etc., cf.
καθέρπω : also freq. in Trag.,
A. Pr. 810 , etc.;
ἕρπεθ’ ὡς τάχιστα S. OC 1643 ;
Θησεὺς ὅδ’ ἕρπει E. HF 1154 ;
ἕρπειν ἐς μῦθον, πρὸς ᾠδάς, Id. Hel. 316 ,
Cyc. 423 ;
ἕρπε δεῦρο come hither,
Id. Andr. 722 : and c. acc. cogn.,
ἐξόδους ἕ. κενάς S. Aj. 287 ;
κέλευθον Id. Ph. 1223 ;
εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε τήνδε A. Fr. 195 .
b). of things, events, etc.,
ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδην Alcm. 35 ;
βότρυς ἐπ’ ἦμαρ ἕρπει S. Fr. 255 ;
ἥβη ἕρπουσα πρόσω Id. Tr. 547 ; of a tear
stealing from the eye,
Id. El. 1231 ;
πρὸς τὸν ἔχονθ’ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει Id. Aj. 157 ;
τὸ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τυφλὸν ἕρπει Id. Fr. 593 ;
τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει this (word)
goeth forth undying,
Pi. I. 4(3).40 ;
ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω let it
take its course, Ar. Eq. 673 ,
Lys. 129 ; of
coming events,
εἰ δὲ δαίμων γενέθλιος ἕρποι Pi. O. 13.105 , cf.
N. 4.43 ,
7.68 ; of calamities,
come suddenly on one,
S. Ant. 585 ,
618 (both lyr.),
Aj. 1087 .
ShortDef
to creep, crawl
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἕρπω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ερπω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἕρπω</span>, impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">εἷρπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.395 </a> codd., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 423 </a>, etc., <span class="quote greek">ἧρπον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.951.86 </span> (Epid.): Dor. fut. <span class="quote greek">ἑρψῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 5.45 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18.40/canonical-url/"> 18.40 </a>, Att. only in compd. <span class="foreign greek">ἐφέρψω,</span> later <span class="foreign greek">ἑρπύσω </span>(<span class="etym greek">διεξ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:398b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:398b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 398b33 </a> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἧρψα </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐξ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:104(105).30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:104(105).30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 104(105).30 </a> ; Att. <span class="quote greek">εἵρπῠσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:272/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 272 </a> : (cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">serpo):—move slowly, walk,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἥμενος ἤ ἕρπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.158 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅσσα τε γαῖανἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:447" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.447/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.447 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔργα ζωοῖσιν ἑρπόντεσσί θ’ ὁμοῖα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.52 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἕρπον</span> (<span class="foreign greek">εἷρπον</span> codd.) <span class="quote greek">ῥινοί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">began to move,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.395 </a> ; of infants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 17 </a> ; of a lame man, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 207 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἕ. ἐξ εὐνῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:552" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:552/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 552 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἕρπον τοῖς ὀδοῦσι θηρίον</span> an animal that <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">walks</span> on its teeth, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Carm.Pop.</span> 35 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> simply, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">go, come,</span> in Dor. dialects, where the aor. is <span class="foreign greek">ἔμολον, ἦνθον,</span> etc., <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸ ἱερόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.951.86 </span> (Epid.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 5040.39 </span> (Crete), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BMus.Inscr.</span> 968 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 6 </span> (Cos), etc., cf. <span class="foreign greek">καθέρπω</span> : also freq. in Trag., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:810" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:810/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 810 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἕρπεθ’ ὡς τάχιστα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1643" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1643/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1643 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Θησεὺς ὅδ’ ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1154/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 1154 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἕρπειν ἐς μῦθον, πρὸς ᾠδάς,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:316/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 316 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 423 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἕρπε δεῦρο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come</span> hither, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:722" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:722/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 722 </a> : and c. acc. cogn., <span class="quote greek">ἐξόδους ἕ. κενάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 287 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κέλευθον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1223/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1223 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε τήνδε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 195 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> of things, events, etc., <span class="quote greek">ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βότρυς ἐπ’ ἦμαρ ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 255 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἥβη ἕρπουσα πρόσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:547" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:547/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 547 </a> ; of a tear <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stealing</span> from the eye, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1231 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς τὸν ἔχονθ’ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 157 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τυφλὸν ἕρπει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:593" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:593/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 593 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει</span> this (word) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">goeth forth</span> undying, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 4(3).40 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">take its course,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:673/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 673 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:129/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 129 </a> ; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">coming</span> events, <span class="quote greek">εἰ δὲ δαίμων γενέθλιος ἕρποι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.105 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.43 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.68/canonical-url/"> 7.68 </a> ; of calamities, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come suddenly</span> on one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:585" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:585/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 585 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:618" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:618/canonical-url/"> 618 </a> (both lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1087" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1087/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1087 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}