ἐξέρπω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐξέρπω
ἐξείρπυσα
Structure:
ἐξ
(Prefix)
+
έ̔ρπ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to creep out of
- to creep out or forth
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἤσθιον δὲ τοὺσ παγούρουσ ἀντὶ ποίασ Μηδικῆσ, εἴ τισ ἐξέρποι θύραζε κἀκ βυθοῦ θηρώμενοι· (Aristotle, Parabasis, antepirrheme11)
- "διὸ καὶ χείριστοί εἰσι κατὰ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον, ἀποτίκτει δ’ ὁ μὲν πουλύπουσ ἢ εἰσ θαλάμασ ἢ εἰσ κεράμιον ἤ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτο κοῖλον, καὶ μεθ’ ἡμέρασ πεντήκοντα ἐκ τῶν ᾠῶν πουλυπόδια ἐξέρπει ὥσπερ τὰ φαλάγγια πολλά, ὁ δὲ θῆλυσ πουλύπουσ ὁτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ᾠοῖσ, ὁτὲ δ’ ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι προκάθηται τῆσ θαλάμησ, τὴν πλεκτάνην ἐπέχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1047)
- κατὰ τὰσ σφοδροτέρασ ὀρέξεισ ἄνω προστρέχει πᾶσι τοῖσ ζῳοίσ ἡ γαστήρ, ὥστε τινὲσ τοῦ πάθουσ αἴσθησιν ἐναργῆ σχόντεσ ἐξέρπειν αὑτοῖσ φασι τὴν κοιλίαν, ἐνίων δὲ μασωμένων ἔτι καὶ μήπω καλῶσ ἐν τῷ στόματι τὰ σιτία κατεργασαμένων ἐξαρπάζει φανερῶσ ἀκόντων. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 838)
- εἰ δὲ μή, ἔφη, αἰτίαν ἕξεισ, ἐπεὶ καὶ νῦν τινὲσ ἤδη σὲ αἰτιῶνται ὅτι οὐ ταχὺ ἐξέρπει τὸ στράτευμα. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 1 12:4)
- Χίλων Περιάνδρῳ "Ἐπιστέλλεισ ἐμὶν ἐκστρατείαν ἐπὶ ἐκδάμωσ, ὡσ αὐτόσ κα ἐξέρποισ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. g'. XILWN 6:8)
Synonyms
-
to creep out of
-
to creep out or forth
Derived
- ἀνέρπω (to creep up or upwards)
- ἀφέρπω (to creep off, steal away, retire)
- διέρπω (to creep or pass through)
- εἰσέρπω (to go into)
- ἕρπω (to move slowly, walk; crawl, slink)
- ἐφέρπω (to creep upon, to come on or over, come gradually or stealthily upon)
- καθέρπω (to creep down)
- παρέρπω (to creep secretly up to, to pass by)
- προσανέρπω (to creep up to)
- προσέρπω (to creep to, to creep or steal on, that's coming)
- ὑφέρπω (to creep on secretly, was spreading, to steal upon)