ἕρπω

herpo

move slowly, walk

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 4
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Book IV 4
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

686b9
686b10

Chapter 13 695a28–697b13

696a9
696a19
History of Animals 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

501a3
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

528b1
Book IX 1
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4

610b24
Progression of Animals 1
Open Progression of Animals ›
Chapter 9 708b20–709b19

709a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἕρπω, impf. 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):—Α. move slowly, walk, ἥμενος ἤ ἕρπων Od. 17.158 ; ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει Il. 17.447 ; ἔργα ζωοῖσιν ἑρπόντεσσί θʼ ὁμοῖα Pi. O. 7.52 ; ἕρπον (εἷρπον codd.) ῥινοί began to move, Od. 12.395 ; of infants, A. Th. 17 ; of a lame man, S. Ph. 207 (lyr.) ; ἕ. ἐξ εὐνῆς Ar. V. 552 ; ἕρπον τοῖς ὀδοῦσι θηρίον an animal that walks on its teeth, Carm.Pop. 35. 2. 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. 968A 6 (Cos), etc., cf. καθέρπω : also freq. in Trag., A. Pr. 810, etc. ; ἕρπεθʼ ὡς τάχιστα S. OC 1643 ; Θησεὺς ὅδʼ ἕρπει E. HF 1154 ; ἕρπειν ἐς μῦθον, πρὸς ᾠδάς, Id. Hel. 316, Cyc. 423 ; ἕρπε δεῦρο come hither, Id. Andr. 722 : and c. acc. cogn., ἐξόδους ἕ. κενάς S. Aj. 287 ; κέλευθον Id. Ph. 1223 ; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε τήνδε A. Fr. 195. b. of things, events, etc., ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδην Alcm. 35 ; βότρυς ἐπʼ ἦμαρ ἕρπει S. Fr. 255 ; ἥβη ἕρπουσα πρόσω Id. Tr. 547 ; of a tear stealing from the eye, Id. El. 1231 ; πρὸς τὸν ἔχονθʼ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει Id. Aj. 157 ; τὸ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τυφλὸν ἕρπει Id. Fr. 593 ; τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει this (word) goeth forth undying, Pi. I. 4(3).40 ; ὁ πόλεμος ἑρπέτω let it take its course, Ar. Eq. 673, Lys. 129 ; of coming events, 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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