ἀνέρπω
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English (LSJ)
A creep upwards, E.Ph.1178: aor. ἀνείρπῠσα Ar.Pax585, Luc.Nec.22, etc.; ofivy, E.Fr.88; spring up, of water, Call.Ap.110; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ μετεωρότερον Arist.PA688a10; ἐστὰς ῥῖνας Hp.Vict.3.76.
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] nur praes., dasselbe, Eur. Phoen. 1185.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνέρπω: ἕρπω πρὸς τὰ ἄνω, ἕρπων ἀναβαίνω, Εὐρ. Φοίν. 1178· ἀόρ. ἀνείρπῠσα) πρβλ. ἕρπω, ἕλκω), Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 586, Λουκ. Νεκυομ. 22. κτλ.· ἐπὶ κισσοῦ, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 89: ἐπὶ ὕδατος, ἀναβλύζω, Καλλ. Ἀπ. 110· ἀν. πρὸς τὸ μετεωρότερον, βαθμηδὸν ἀνυψοῦμαι εἰς..., Ἀριστ. περὶ Ζ. Μορ. 4. 10, 31.
French (Bailly abrégé)
seul. prés. et impf.
monter en rampant.
Étymologie: ἀνά, ἕρπω.
Spanish (DGE)
1 intr. subir una escala E.Ph.1178
•trepar de los cuadrúpedos polidáctilos, Arist.PA 688a10, de la yedra, E.Fr.88
•brotar del agua, Call.Ap.111
•subir ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας ἀνέρπει τὸ ὀξὺ Hp.Vict.3.76.
2 tr. escalar τείχεα Arat.958, cf. Polyaen.4.3.29.
