ἕρπης

See also: έρπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρπω (hérpō, “creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hér.pɛːs/ → /ˈer.pis/ → /ˈer.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hér.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)er.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pis/

Noun

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

1. herpes, shingles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἕρπης; τοῦ ἕρπητος (Attic)

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 hérpēti	τοῖν ἑρπήτοιν toîn herpḗtoin	τοῖς ἕρπησῐ / ἕρπησῐν toîs hérpēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἕρπητᾰ tòn hérpēta	τὼ ἕρπητε tṑ hérpēte	τοὺς ἕρπητᾰς toùs hérpētas
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.

References

• “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