ἕρπυλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

 

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
tōî 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
  • → Translingual: Herpyllus

Further reading

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