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ἐφέρπω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐπ (Prefix) + έ̔ρπ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to creep upon
to come on or over, come gradually or stealthily upon
to go forth, proceed, advancing, future

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφέρπω	ἐφέρπεις	ἐφέρπει
Dual		ἐφέρπετον	ἐφέρπετον
Plural	ἐφέρπομεν	ἐφέρπετε	ἐφέρπουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφέρπω	ἐφέρπῃς	ἐφέρπῃ
Dual		ἐφέρπητον	ἐφέρπητον
Plural	ἐφέρπωμεν	ἐφέρπητε	ἐφέρπωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐφέρποιμι	ἐφέρποις	ἐφέρποι
Dual		ἐφέρποιτον	ἐφερποίτην
Plural	ἐφέρποιμεν	ἐφέρποιτε	ἐφέρποιεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐφέρπε	ἐφερπέτω
Dual		ἐφέρπετον	ἐφερπέτων
Plural		ἐφέρπετε	ἐφερπόντων, ἐφερπέτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐφέρπειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐφερπων ἐφερποντος	ἐφερπουσα ἐφερπουσης	ἐφερπον ἐφερποντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφέρπομαι	ἐφέρπει, ἐφέρπῃ	ἐφέρπεται
Dual		ἐφέρπεσθον	ἐφέρπεσθον
Plural	ἐφερπόμεθα	ἐφέρπεσθε	ἐφέρπονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφέρπωμαι	ἐφέρπῃ	ἐφέρπηται
Dual		ἐφέρπησθον	ἐφέρπησθον
Plural	ἐφερπώμεθα	ἐφέρπησθε	ἐφέρπωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐφερποίμην	ἐφέρποιο	ἐφέρποιτο
Dual		ἐφέρποισθον	ἐφερποίσθην
Plural	ἐφερποίμεθα	ἐφέρποισθε	ἐφέρποιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐφέρπου	ἐφερπέσθω
Dual		ἐφέρπεσθον	ἐφερπέσθων
Plural		ἐφέρπεσθε	ἐφερπέσθων, ἐφερπέσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐφέρπεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐφερπομενος ἐφερπομενου	ἐφερπομενη ἐφερπομενης	ἐφερπομενον ἐφερπομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐφερπόντων, ἐφερπέτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐφέρπειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐφερπων ἐφερποντος

ἐφερπουσα ἐφερπουσης

ἐφερπον ἐφερποντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐφερπέσθων, ἐφερπέσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐφέρπεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐφερπομενος ἐφερπομενου

ἐφερπομενη ἐφερπομενης

ἐφερπομενον ἐφερπομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓φηρπον	έ̓φηρπες	έ̓φηρπεν*
Dual		ἐφῆρπετον	ἐφήρπετην
Plural	ἐφῆρπομεν	ἐφῆρπετε	έ̓φηρπον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφήρπομην	ἐφῆρπου	ἐφῆρπετο
Dual		ἐφῆρπεσθον	ἐφήρπεσθην
Plural	ἐφήρπομεθα	ἐφῆρπεσθε	ἐφῆρποντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

τὸν μὲν καθαρὰσ χεῖρασ προνέμοντ’ οὔτισ ἐφέρπει μῆνισ ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, ἀσινὴσ δ’ αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, anapests3)
φλογμόσ τ’ ὀμματοστερὴσ φυτῶν, τὸ μὴ περᾶν ὁρ́ον τόπων, μηδ’ ἄκαρποσ αἰανὴσ ἐφερπέτω νόσοσ, μῆλά τ’ εὐθενοῦντα γᾶ ξὺν διπλοῖσιν ἐμβρύοισ τρέφοι χρόνῳ τεταγμένῳ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 12)
τὰ δὲ Κάρνεα καὶ δὴ ἐφέρπει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 75)

Synonyms

to creep upon
- ἐξέρπω (to creep out of)
- προσανέρπω (to creep up to)
- προσέρπω (to creep to)
- καθέρπω (to creep down)
- ὑπάνειμι (to come on, creep on)
- ἐξέρπω (to creep out or forth)
- παρέρπω (to creep secretly up to)
to come on or over
- περιπίπτω (to come over or upon)
to go forth
- προχωρέω (to proceed, advance, go on)

Derived

ἀνέρπω (to creep up or upwards)
ἀφέρπω (to creep off, steal away, retire)
διέρπω (to creep or pass through)
εἰσέρπω (to go into)
ἐξέρπω (to creep out of, to creep out or forth)
ἕρπω (to move slowly, walk; crawl, slink)
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)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἐφέρπω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to creep upon

to come on or over

to go forth

Derived

Similar forms

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ἐφέρπω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to creep upon

to come on or over

to go forth

Derived

Similar forms

SEARCH

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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