ἕρπω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti. Cognates include Sanskrit सर्पति (sarpati, to glide, crawl), and Latin serpō (to creep, crawl).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἕρπω (hérpō)

  1. to move slowly, walk; crawl, creep, slink
  2. (Doric) to go or come
  3. to come, happen (of things, events, etc.)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: έρπω (érpo)

References

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  • ἕρπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἕρπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἕρπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἕρπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἕρπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἕρπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter