Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἕρπης

ἕρπης,ητος,ὁ, (ἕρπω)

A. shingles,

Hp. Prorrh. 2.11 (pl.); ἕ. ἐσθιόμενοι

Id. Aph. 5.22

:—alsoἑρπήν,ῆνος,ὁ, Ph. 2.64 ;ἑρπήνη,ἡ, EM 377.7 .

II. ἕρπης,ητος,ὁ,name of an animal (snake ?), Plin. HN 30.116 , prob. in Philum. Ven. 19.1 (ὅπητεςcod.).