ἕρπω,
imperfect εἷρπον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.395 codices, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 423, etc., ἧρπον “IG” 4.951.86 (Epid.)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dialectfuture ἑρψῶ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.45, 18.40, _Attic dialect_ only in _compound_ ἐφέρψω, later ἑρπύσω (διεξ-) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398b33: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἧρψα (ἐξ-) [[ LXX.Psa.104(105).30 ] LXX]; Attic dialect εἵρπῠσα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 272 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (cf. Latin serpo):—move slowly, walk, ἥμενος ἤ ἕρπων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.158; ὅσσα τε γαῖανἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.447; ἔργα ζωοῖσιν ἑρπόντεσσί θ᾽ ὁμοῖα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.52 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕρπον (εἷρπον codices) ῥινοί began to move, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.395 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of infants, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a lame man, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 207 (Lyric poetry); ἕ. ἐξ εὐνῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 552 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕρπον τοῖς ὀδοῦσι θηρίον an animal that walks on its teeth, [[ “Carmina Popularia” 35. ] Refs]
__2 simply, go, come, in Doric dialect dialects, where the aorist is ἔμολον, ἦνθον, etc., εἰς τὸ ἱερόν [[ “IG” 4.951.86 (Epid.), compare “GDI” 5040.39 (from Crete), “BMus.Inscription” 968 A 6 (from Cos), etc., compare καθέρπω] Refs]: also frequently in Trag., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 810, etc.; ἕρπεθ᾽ ὡς τάχιστα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1643; Θησεὺς ὅδ᾽ ἕρπει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕρπειν ἐς μῦθον, πρὸς ᾠδάς, [[ [prev. author] “Hel.” 316, “Cyc.” 423 ] Refs]; ἕρπε δεῦρο come hither, [[ [prev. author] “Andr.” 722: and with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἐξόδους ἕ. κενάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 287; κέλευθον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1223; εὐθεῖαν ἕρπε τήνδε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 195. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]