ἕρπω

See also: έρπω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Cognates include Sanskrit सर्पति (sarpati, to glide, crawl), and Latin serpō (I creep, crawl).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἕρπω (hérpō)

  1. to move slowly, walk; crawl, slink
  2. (Doric) I go or come
  3. (of things, events, etc.) to come, happen

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνέρπω (anérpō)
  • ἀφέρπω (aphérpō)
  • διέρπω (diérpō)
  • εἰσέρπω (eisérpō)
  • ἐξέρπω (exérpō)
  • ἐφέρπω (ephérpō)
  • καθέρπω (kathérpō)
  • μεθέρπω (methérpō)
  • παρέρπω (parérpō)
  • περιέρπω (periérpō)
  • προέρπω (proérpō)
  • προσέρπω (prosérpō)
  • ὑφέρπω (huphérpō)

Descendants

References

  • ἕρπω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἕρπω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἕρπω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἕρπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἕρπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἕρπω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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