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===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἕρπειν]].

[[go slowly]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[βαδίζειν]] (rare [[verse|V.]]).

[[creep away]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφέρπειν]].

[[creep in]] (Met., of [[abuse]]s, etc.); [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπορρεῖν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Fragment'').

[[creep into]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[εἰσδύεσθαι]] ([[εἰς]], acc.); see [[slip into]].

[[creep on]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσέρπειν]].

[[creep out]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξέρπειν]].

[[creep over]] (Met., of a [[feeling]]): [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπέρχεσθαι]] (acc.), [[ὑφέρπειν]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰσέρχεσθαι]] (acc.).

[[creep past]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[παρέρπειν]] (absol.).

[[creep]] under: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποδύεσθαι ὑπό]] (acc).

[[creep up]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνέρπειν]].

[[creep up to]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ἐφέρπειν ἐπί]] (acc.).

[[quiver]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τρέμειν]].

[[creeping thing]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἕρπετον]], τό ([[Xenophon|Xen.]], also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]).
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