ἑρπηστής
From LSJ
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,=ἑρπετόν, Nic.Th.9, etc.; of a mouse, AP9.86 (Antiphil.). b guinea-worm, Hippiatr.58. 2 Adj. creeping, ἑρπηστὴν πόδα, κισσέ, χορεύσας AP11.33 (Phil.).