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ἑρπετόν

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑρπετόν ἑρπετοῦ

Structure: ἑρπετ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: e(/rpw

Sense

  1. Any animal which walks on four legs.
  2. creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake
  3. living being

Declension

Second declension

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.

Examples

  • καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
  • τὸ δὲ μάλιστα καταπονοῦν καὶ κατατρῦχον αὐτοὺσ ἐκεῖνό ἐστιν, ὁμώνυμον πάθοσ τῷ ἑρπετῷ· (Lucian, Dipsades 6:3)
  • οὐκ ἂν ποιήσαιμ’, ἀλλ’ ὁ πόλεμοσ ἑρπέτω. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 3:40)
  • μὰ Δί’ οὐδ’ ἐγὼ γάρ, ἀλλ’ ὁ πόλεμοσ ἑρπέτω. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 4:1)
  • ὁ πόλεμοσ ἑρπέτω. (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:11)

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