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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

  • ἢ ὅστισ ἂν ἅψηται παντὸσ ἑρπετοῦ ἀκαθάρτου, ὃ μιανεῖ αὐτόν, ἢ ἐπ̓ ἀνθρώπῳ, ἐν ᾧ μιανεῖ αὐτὸν κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 22:5)
  • ὁμοίωμα παντὸσ ἑρπετοῦ, ὃ ἕρπει ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὁμοίωμα παντὸσ ἰχθύοσ, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:18)
  • γίνεται δὲ οὐκ εὐθὺσ τοιαύτη, ἀλλὰ σκώληξ τὸ πρῶτον ἤτοι ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἢ ἄλλων ζῴων ἀποθανόντων εἶτα κατ’ ὀλίγον πόδασ τε ἐκφέρει καὶ φύει τὰ πτερὰ καὶ ἐξ ἑρπετοῦ ὄρνεον γίνεται καὶ κυοφορεῖ δὲ καὶ ἀποτίκτει σκώληκα μικρὸν τὴν μυῖαν ὕστερον. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 4:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ κατάξασ αὐτὸ εἰσ κοίλην τὴν χεῖρα ὑπεδέξατο τὸ τοῦ ἑρπετοῦ ἐκείνου ἔμβρυον καὶ οἱ παρόντεσ εἶδον κινούμενον καὶ περὶ τοῖσ δακτύλοισ εἰλούμενον, ἀνέκραγον εὐθὺσ καὶ ἠσπάζοντο τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐμακάριζον καὶ χανδὸν ἕκαστοσ ἐνεπίμπλατο τῶν εὐχῶν, θησαυροὺσ καὶ πλούτουσ καὶ ὑγιείασ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀγαθὰ αἰτῶν παρ’ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:4)
  • εἶτά μοι ἐπινόησον οἰκίσκον οὐ πάνυ φαιδρὸν οὐδὲ εἰσ κόρον τοῦ φωτὸσ δεχόμενον καὶ πλῆθοσ ἀνθρώπων συγκλύδων, τεταραγμένων καὶ προεκπεπληγμένων καὶ ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν ἐπαιωρουμένων, οἷσ εἰσελθοῦσι τεράστιον ὡσ εἰκὸσ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐφαίνετο, ἐκ τοῦ τέωσ μικροῦ ἑρπετοῦ ἐντὸσ ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων τοσοῦτον δράκοντα πεφηνέναι, ἀνθρωπόμορφον καὶ ταῦτα καὶ τιθασόν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 16:1)

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