ἑρπύζω,impf.
A.
εἵρπυζον
Q.S. 13.93
:pres.only in Hom. :aor. 1 ἑρπύσαιin Att. (v.ἕρπω):—creep, crawl,in Hom. always of persons weighed down by age or deep distress, ἑρπύζοντ' ἀνὰ γουνόν
Od. 1.193
; ἑρπύζων παρὰ θῖνα
13.220
, cf. Il. 23.225 , A.R. 4.1289 ; of quadrupeds and children, Nic. Al. 542 ; χρόνος ἑρπύζων
AP 6.19
( Jul. ); of ivy, ib. 7.22 ( Simm. Theb.).