ἕρπυλλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hér.pyl.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)er.pyl.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈer.pyl.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈer.pyl.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈer.pi.los/
Noun
ἕρπῠλλος • (hérpullos) m (genitive ἑρπῠ́λλου); second declension
- wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- Synonyms: ἀγρῐόπρᾰσον (agrióprason), ζῠγῐ́ς (zugís)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἕρπῠλλος ho hérpullos |
τὼ ἑρπῠ́λλω tṑ herpúllō |
οἱ ἕρπῠλλοι hoi hérpulloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου toû herpúllou |
τοῖν ἑρπῠ́λλοιν toîn herpúlloin |
τῶν ἑρπῠ́λλων tôn herpúllōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἑρπῠ́λλῳ tôi herpúllōi |
τοῖν ἑρπῠ́λλοιν toîn herpúlloin |
τοῖς ἑρπῠ́λλοις toîs herpúllois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἕρπῠλλον tòn hérpullon |
τὼ ἑρπῠ́λλω tṑ herpúllō |
τοὺς ἑρπῠ́λλους toùs herpúllous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἕρπῠλλε hérpulle |
ἑρπῠ́λλω herpúllō |
ἕρπῠλλοι hérpulloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἑρπῠλλᾰ́ρῐον (herpullárion)
- ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος (herpúllinos)
- ἑρπῠ́λλῐον (herpúllion)
- ἑρπῠλλῐ́ς (herpullís)
Descendants
- → Latin: serpyllum
Further reading
- “ἕρπυλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕρπυλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἕρπυλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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