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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

  • Κρατῖνοσ δὲ ἐν Μαλθακοῖσ φησιν ἑρπύλλῳ, κρόκοισ, ὑακίνθοισ, ἑλιχρύσου κλάδοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 27 2:4)
  • παντοίοισ γε μὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνθέμοισ ἐρέπτομαι, λειρίοισ ῥόδοισ κρίνεσιν κοσμοσανδάλοισ ἰοίσ καὶ σισυμβρίοισ ἀνεμωνῶν κάλυξὶ τ’ ἠριναῖσ ἑρπύλλῳ κρόκοισ ὑακίνθοισ ἑλειχρύσου κλάδοισ οἰνάνθῃσιν ἡμεροκαλλεῖ τε τῷ φιλουμένῳ, ἀνθρύσκου ναρκίσσου φόβῃ τῷ τ’ ἀειφρούρῳ μελιλώτῳ κάρα πυκάζομαι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 32 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. creeping thyme

Related

Similar forms

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

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