ἕρπω

English (LSJ)

impf.

   A εἷρπον Od.12.395 codd., E.Cyc.423, etc., ἧρπον IG4.951.86 (Epid.): Dor.fut. ἑρψῶ Theoc.5.45, 18.40, Att. only in compd. ἐφέρψω, later ἑρπύσω (διεξ-) Arist.Mu.398b33 : aor. ἧρψα (ἐξ-) LXX Ps.104(105).30 ; 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 Dor. dialects, where the aor. is ἔμολον, ἦνθον, etc., εἰς τὸ ἱερόν IG4.951.86 (Epid.), cf. GDI5040.39 (Crete), BMus.Inscr.968A6 (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.