ἕρπω

ἕρπω, [tense] impf.

A

εἷρπον Od.12.395

codd., E.Cyc.423, etc.,

ἧρπον IG4.951.86

(Epid.): [dialect] Dor.[tense] fut.

ἑρψῶ Theoc.5.45

, 18.40, [dialect] Att. only in compd. ἐφέρψω, later ἑρπύσω ([etym.] διεξ-) Arist.Mu.398b33 : [tense] aor. ἧρψα ([etym.] ἐξ-) LXX Ps.104(105).30 ; [dialect] 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 [dialect] Dor. dialects, where the [tense] aor. is ἔμολον, ἦνθον, etc.,

εἰς τὸ ἱερόν IG4.951.86

(Epid.), cf. GDI5040.39 ([place name] Crete), BMus.Inscr.968A6 ([place name] Cos), etc., cf. καθέρπω : also freq. in Trag., A.Pr.810, etc. ;

ἕρπεθ' ὡς τάχιστα S.OC1643

;

Θησεὺς ὅδ' ἕρπει E.HF1154

; 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.