ἕρπυλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hér.pyl.los/ → /ˈer.pyl.los/ → /ˈer.pi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hér.pyl.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)er.pyl.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pyl.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pyl.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pi.los/

Noun

ἕρπῠλλος • (hérpŭllos) m (genitive ἑρπῠ́λλου); second declension

1. wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)

   Synonyms: ἀγρῐόπρᾰσον (agrĭóprăson), ζῠγῐ́ς (zŭgĭ́s)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἕρπῠλλος; τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἕρπῠλλος ho hérpŭllos	τὼ ἑρπῠ́λλω tṑ herpŭ́llō	οἱ ἕρπῠλλοι hoi hérpŭlloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου toû herpŭ́llou	τοῖν ἑρπῠ́λλοιν toîn herpŭ́lloin	τῶν ἑρπῠ́λλων tôn herpŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ ἑρπῠ́λλῳ tôi herpŭ́llōi	τοῖν ἑρπῠ́λλοιν toîn herpŭ́lloin	τοῖς ἑρπῠ́λλοις toîs herpŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸν ἕρπῠλλον tòn hérpŭllon	τὼ ἑρπῠ́λλω tṑ herpŭ́llō	τοὺς ἑρπῠ́λλους toùs herpŭ́llous
Vocative	ἕρπῠλλε hérpŭlle	ἑρπῠ́λλω herpŭ́llō	ἕρπῠλλοι hérpŭlloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑρπῠλλᾰ́ρῐον (herpŭllắrĭon)
• ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος (herpŭ́llĭnos)
• ἑρπῠ́λλῐον (herpŭ́llĭon)
• ἑρπῠλλῐ́ς (herpŭllĭ́s)

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