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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> εἷρπον Od.12.395 codd., E.''Cyc.''423, etc., ἧρπον ''IG''4.951.86 (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 [[infant]]s, A.''Th.''17; of a lame man, S.''Ph.''207 (lyr.); ἕ. ἐξ εὐνῆς Ar.''V.''552; <b class="b3">ἕρπον τοῖς ὀδοῦσι θηρίον</b> an [[animal]] that [[walk]]s on its [[teeth]], ''Carm.Pop.''35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> simply, [[go]], [[come]], in Dor. dialects, where the aor. is [[ἔμολον]], [[ἦνθον]], etc., εἰς τὸ ἱερόν ''IG''4.951.86 (Epid.), cf. ''GDI''5040.39 (Crete), ''BMus.Inscr.''968''A''6 (Cos), etc., cf. [[καθέρπω]]: also freq. in Trag., A.''Pr.''810, etc.; ἕρπεθ' ὡς τάχιστα S.''OC''1643; Θησεὺς ὅδ' ἕρπει E.''HF''1154; <b class="b3">ἕρπειν ἐς μῦθον, πρὸς ᾠδάς</b>, Id.''Hel.''316, ''Cyc.''423; <b class="b3">ἕρπε δεῦρο</b> [[come]] hither, Id.''Andr.''722: and c. acc. cogn., ἐξόδους ἕ. κενάς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''287; κέλευθον Id.''Ph.''1223; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε τήνδε A.''Fr.''195.<br><span class="bld">b</span> 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; <b class="b3">τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει</b> this (word) [[go]]es [[forth]] [[undying]], Pi.''I.''4(3).40; <b class="b3">ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω</b> [[let]] it [[take]] its [[course]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''673, ''Lys.''129; of [[coming]] [[event]]s, 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.