ἑρπετόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Aeol. perhaps [[ὄρπετον]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), τό, ([[ἕρπω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[beast]] or [[animal which goes on all fours]], <span class="bibl">Od.4.418</span>; πᾶν ἑ. πληγῇ νέμεται <span class="bibl">Heraclit.11</span>; ἑρπετὰ ὅσσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα <span class="bibl">Alcm.60.3</span>; ὄφις καὶ σαύρας καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἑρπετῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.183</span>; τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἑρπετοῖς πόδας ἔδωκεν.., ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ καὶ χεῖρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.11</span>; [[ἑρπετά]], opp. [[πετεινά]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.118</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1240</span>: generally, ἑρπετὸν οὐδὲ γυνή <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>13</span>; <b class="b3">πυκινώτατον ἑρπετόν</b>, of a [[hound]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>106</span>; of insects, <span class="bibl">Semon.13</span>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 74.46. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[creeping thing]], [[reptile]], esp. [[snake]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>269</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 24.57</span>; περὶ κιναδέων τε καὶ ἑ. <span class="bibl">Democr.259</span>; ἑρπετά τε καὶ δάκετα &lt;πάντα&gt; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1069</span>; of the monster [[Typhoeus]], with a [[snake]]'s [[body]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> as adjective, [[creeping]], κακὸν ἑρπετὸν πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1060.7</span> (vi A. D.); τὰ ἑ. θηρία <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>10.1</span>.</span>