διέρπω
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English (LSJ)
A creep or pass through, πῦρ δ., of the ordeal of fire, S.Ant. 265; διά τινος Plu.2.517a: metaph., τὸ διέρπον τῶν μηχανημάτων Eun.Hist.p.254D.: abs., of disease, spread, Ph.2.349.
German (Pape)
[Seite 621] dasselbe; πῦρ, durch, das Feuer gehen, Soph. Ant. 265; διά τινος, Plut. de cur. 3.
