ἕρπω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">crawl, slink, go on all four</b>, Dor. also [[go]] in gen. (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. [[ἑρπύσαι]] (Att.; cf. [[ἑρπύζω]] below), [[ἕρψαι]] (LXX), fut. [[ἕρψω]], also [[ἑρπύσω]], Dor. [[ἑρψῶ]],<br />Compounds: very often with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἀν-</b>, <b class="b3">εἰσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐφ-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>. As 1. member in <b class="b3">ἑρπ-άκανθα</b> = [[ἄκανθος]] (Ps.-Dsc.).<br />Derivatives: [[εΏρπετόν]] n. [[animal that goes]], [[crawls on all fours]] as opposed to birds ([[πετεινά]]) and men (Ion.-Att., δ 418; Aeol. [[ὄρπετον]] with zero grade, cf. below; on the formation Schwyzer 502, Chantraine Formation 299); [[ἕρπης]], <b class="b3">-ητος</b> m. <b class="b2">shingles(?)</b> (Hp.; Schwyzer 499, Chantraine 267), [[ἑρπήν]], <b class="b3">-ῆνος</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ph.; after [[λειχήν]] a. o.; also [[ἑρπήνη]] EM) with [[ἑρπηνώδης]] (Ph.); [[ἕρπηλα]] a shell-fish (Ath.; form uncertain); [[ἑρπηδών]], <b class="b3">-όνος</b> f. [[crawling]] (Nic.; Chantraine 360f.); [[ἑρπηστής]] [[crawling animals]] (Nic., AP; rare like [[τευχηστής]] a. o.; Chantraine 317); - [[ἕρπυλλος]] m. f. [[tufted thyme]] (Com.; after it Lat. [[serpullum]]) with <b class="b3">ἑρπύλλ-ιον</b>, <b class="b3">-άριον</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> and [[ἑρπυλλίς]] [[grasshopper]] (H.; cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 17); uncertain [[ἑρπυξή]] (Dsc. 3, 69; after [[πύξος]]?; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 111). - [[ἕρψις]] [[crawling]] (Pl., Arist.). - An expressive enlargement is [[ἑρπύζω]] [[crawl]] (Il.; cf. Schwyzer 736, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 336), to which belongs the Attic aorist [[ἑρπύσαι]] (after [[ἐρύσαι]], [[ἑλκύσαι]]?); from there [[ἑρπυστικός]] (Hp., Arist.) and rare and late [[ἕρπυσις]], <b class="b3">-υσμός</b>, <b class="b3">-υστήρ</b>, <b class="b3">-υστής</b>, <b class="b3">-υστάζω</b>. - On [[ὅρπηξ]] [[sprout]], [[twig]] s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [912] <b class="b2">*serp-</b> [[crawl]]<br />Etymology: [[ἕρπω]] is identical with Skt. <b class="b2">sárpati</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>, Lat. [[serpō]] <b class="b2">id.</b>. The zero grade in Aeol. [[ὄρπετον]] also in the Skt. thematic root aorist <b class="b2">á-sr̥p-at</b>. Several languages have derived indications of the snake: Skt. <b class="b2">sarpá-</b> m., Lat. [[serpens]], Alb. <b class="b2">gjarpër</b>. - On meaning and spread of [[ἕρπω]] Bloch Suppl. Verba 71ff. Details in W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. [[serpō]].