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ἕρπης

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρπης ἕρπητος

Structure: ἑρπητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. herpes, shingles

Declension

Third 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

  • Τὸ θερμὸν ἐκπυητικὸν, οὐκ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἕλκεϊ, μέγιστον σημεῖον ἐσ ἀσφαλείην, δέρμα μαλάσσει, ἰσχναίνει, ἀνώδυνον, Ῥιγέων, σπασμῶν, τετάνων παρηγορικόν‧ τὰ δὲ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ, καὶ καρηβαρίην λύει‧ πλεῖστον δὲ διαφέρει ὀστέων κατήγμασι, μάλιστα δὲ τοῖσιν ἐψιλωμένοισι, τουτέων δὲ μάλιστα, τοῖσιν ἐν κεφαλῇ ἕλκεα ἔχουσι‧ καὶ ὁκόσα ὑπὸ ψύξιοσ θνήσκει, ἢ ἑλκοῦται, καὶ ἑρ́πησιν ἐσθιομένοισιν, ἕδρῃ, αἰδοίῳ, ὑστέρῃ, κύστει, τουτέοισι τὸ μὲν θερμὸν φίλιον καὶ κρῖνον, τὸ δὲ ψυχρὸν πολέμιον καὶ κτεῖνον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 72.22)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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