ἕρπης

See also: έρπης

Ancient Greek

From ἕρπω (hérpō, “creep, crawl”).

ἕρπης • (hérpēs) m (genitive ἕρπητος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἕρπης ho hérpēs	τὼ ἕρπητε tṑ hérpēte	οἱ ἕρπητες hoi hérpētes
Genitive	τοῦ ἕρπητος toû hérpētos	τοῖν ἑρπήτοιν toîn herpḗtoin	τῶν ἑρπήτων tôn herpḗtōn
Dative	τῷ ἕρπητῐ tôi hérpētĭ	τοῖν ἑρπήτοιν toîn herpḗtoin	τοῖς ἕρπησῐ / ἕρπησῐν toîs hérpēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἕρπητᾰ tòn hérpētă	τὼ ἕρπητε tṑ hérpēte	τοὺς ἕρπητᾰς toùs hérpētăs
Vocative	ἕρπης hérpēs	ἕρπητε hérpēte	ἕρπητες hérpētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

“ἕρπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἕρπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἕρπης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften