ἑρπετόν: Difference between revisions

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