έρπω
See also: ἕρπω
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈerpo/
- Hyphenation: έρ‧πω
Verb
έρπω • (érpo) chiefly found in the present stem
- crawl, creep
- Το φίδι και όλα τα ερπετά, έρπουν. ― To fídi kai óla ta erpetá, érpoun. ― The snake and all reptiles crawl.
- cringe, grovel
Conjugation
έρπω (active only verb, chiefly in present stem)
| Active voice ➤ — Imperfective aspect ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Present ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Future ➤ | |
| 1 sg | έρπω | {είρπα}, {ήρπα}1 | θα έρπω | |
| 2 sg | έρπεις | {είρπες}, {ήρπες} | θα έρπεις | |
| 3 sg | έρπει | {είρπε}, {ήρπε} | θα έρπει | |
| 1 pl | έρπουμε, [‑ομε] | {είρπαμε}, {ήρπαμε} | θα έρπουμε, [‑ομε] | |
| 2 pl | έρπετε | {είρπατε}, {ήρπατε} | θα έρπετε | |
| 3 pl | έρπουν(ε) | {είρπαν}, {ήρπαν} | θα έρπουν(ε) | |
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας, όταν, …). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | 2 sg | 2 pl | ||
| Imperfective aspect | [{έρπε}] | έρπετε | ||
| Other forms | Present participle ➤ | |||
| έρποντας2 ➤ | ||||
| Notes | 1. Rare forms with modern endings from ancient imperfect εἷρπον/ἧρπον of ἕρπω. In Katharevousa: εἷρπον/ἧρπον, εἷρπες/ἧρπες, εἷρπε(ν)/ἧρπε(ν), plural: εἵρπομεν/ἧρπομεν, εἵρπετε/ἧρπετε, εἷρπον/ἧρπον. 2. Also formal declinable present participle ο έρπων, η έρπουσα, το έρπον "one who crawls". • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Synonyms
- σέρνομαι (sérnomai, “creep”)
- σκύβω (skývo, “grovel”)
Related terms
- ερπετό n (erpetó, “reptile”) and σερπετό n (serpetó) (vernacular)
- ερπετολογία f (erpetología, “ερπετολογία”)
- έρπης m (érpis, “herpes”) (medicine)
- ερπητικός (erpitikós, “herpetic”) (medicine)
- ερπύστρια f (erpýstria, “caterpillar track”)
- ερπυστριοφόρος (erpystriofóros, “fitted with caterpillar track”) (engineering)
- έρπων (érpon, “one who crawls”, participle)
- υφέρπω (yférpo, “I creep”)
- υφέρπων (yférpon, “one who creeps”, participle)
- χαμέρπεια f (chamérpeia, “crawling”) (chiefly used figuratively)
- χαμερπής (chamerpís, “one who crawls”)