ἕρπω

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.