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ἕρπυλλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρπυλλος

Structure: ἑρπυλλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. creeping thyme

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̔ρπυλλος έ̔ρπυλλον
Genitive ἑρπύλλου ἑρπύλλου
Dative ἑρπύλλῳ ἑρπύλλῳ
Accusative έ̔ρπυλλον έ̔ρπυλλον
Vocative έ̔ρπυλλε έ̔ρπυλλον
DualN/A/V ἑρπύλλω ἑρπύλλω
G/D ἑρπύλλοιν ἑρπύλλοιν
PluralNominative έ̔ρπυλλοι έ̔ρπυλλα
Genitive ἑρπύλλων ἑρπύλλων
Dative ἑρπύλλοις ἑρπύλλοις
Accusative ἑρπύλλους έ̔ρπυλλα
Vocative έ̔ρπυλλοι έ̔ρπυλλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̔ρπυλλος ἑρπύλλου ἑρπυλλότερος ἑρπυλλοτέρου ἑρπυλλότατος ἑρπυλλοτάτου
Adverb ἑρπύλλως ἑρπυλλότερον ἑρπυλλότατα

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

  • τῆσ δ’ ἑρπύλλου, φησὶ Θεόφραστοσ, τὴν ἄγριον κομίζοντεσ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν φυτεύουσιν ἐν Σικυῶνι καὶ Ἀθήνησιν ἐκ τοῦ Ὑμηττοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 3:6)
  • "οἱ δὲ φαλλοφόροι, φησίν, προσωπεῖον μὲν οὐ λαμβάνουσιν, προπόλιον δ’ ἐξ ἑρπύλλου περιτιθέμενοι καὶ παιδέρωτοσ ἐπάνω τούτου ἐπιτίθενται στέφανον δασὺν ἰών καὶ κιττοῦ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 165)
  • ναὶ μὴν Ἡράκλειτον ἐπέπλεκεν, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἀκάνθησ εἳσ ῥόδον,1 οἰνάνθη δ’ ὥσ τισ ἔθαλλε Δίων χρυσάνθη δὲ κόμαισι κρόκον Θήρωνα συνῆψεν ἐν δ’ ἔβαλ’ ἑρπύλλου κλωνίον Οὐλιάδην, ἁβροκόμην δὲ Μυΐσκον, ἀειθαλὲσ ἔρνοσ ἐλαίησ ἱμερτοὺσ δ’ Ἀρέτου κλῶνασ ἀπεδρέπετο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 256 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. creeping thyme

Related

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

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