προσέρπω, Dor.
ποθέρπω
Ti.Locr. 97c , Theoc. 4.48 , 5.37 :aor.
A.
προσείρπῠσα
Plu. Pyrrh. 3
, Ael. NA 2.3 , etc.
1. abs.,creeporsteal on, approach.
τύμβου προσεῖρπον ἆσσον
S. El. 900
; of animals, Ar. V. 1509 , Plu. 2.77f , etc.; of ivy, παντὶ δένδρῳ π.
Luc. Am. 12
: metaph.,ὁ π. χρόνος, i.e. the timethat's coming, Pi. P. 1.57 , cf. N. 7.68 (tm.);πᾶν μοι φοβερὸν τὸ π.every thingthat approaches, A. Pr. 127 (anap.);τὸ π., also,what is coming, the coming event, S. Aj. 227 (lyr.); αἱ προσέρπουσαι τύχαι
A. Pr. 274