ἕρπυλλος in Ancient Greek

IPA: /hér.pyl.los/, /ˈer.pyl.los/, /ˈer.pi.los/, /hér.pyl.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)er.pyl.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈer.pyl.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈer.pyl.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈer.pi.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἕρπῠλλος|ἑρπῠ́λλου|m|second}} ἕρπῠλλος • (hérpŭllos) m (genitive ἑρπῠ́λλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἕρπῠλλος|ου|form=M}} Forms: ἕρπῠλλος [canonical], hérpŭllos [romanization], ἑρπῠ́λλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ἕρπῠλλος [nominative, singular], ἑρπῠ́λλω [dual, nominative], οἱ ἕρπῠλλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου [genitive, singular], ἑρπῠ́λλοιν [dual, genitive], ἑρπῠ́λλων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἑρπῠ́λλῳ [dative, singular], ἑρπῠ́λλοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἑρπῠ́λλοις [dative, plural], τὸν ἕρπῠλλον [accusative, singular], ἑρπῠ́λλω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἑρπῠ́λλους [accusative, plural], ἕρπῠλλε [singular, vocative], ἑρπῠ́λλω [dual, vocative], ἕρπῠλλοι [plural, vocative]

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "serpyllum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: serpyllum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: serpyllum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ἕρπω (hérpō, “to creep, crawl”).",
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      "form": "ἕρπῠλλος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hérpŭllos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἕρπῠλλος",
      "roman": "ho hérpŭllos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλω",
      "roman": "herpŭ́llō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἕρπῠλλοι",
      "roman": "hoi hérpŭlloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου",
      "roman": "toû herpŭ́llou",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλοιν",
      "roman": "herpŭ́lloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἑρπῠ́λλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi herpŭ́llōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλοιν",
      "roman": "herpŭ́lloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἑρπῠ́λλοις",
      "roman": "toîs herpŭ́llois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὸν ἕρπῠλλον",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "toùs herpŭ́llous",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "ἕρπῠλλε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλω",
      "roman": "herpŭ́llō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἕρπῠλλοι",
      "roman": "hérpŭlloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "second"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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        "2": "ου",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mint family plants",
          "orig": "grc:Mint family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "herpŭllắrĭon",
          "word": "ἑρπῠλλᾰ́ρῐον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "herpŭ́llĭnos",
          "word": "ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "herpŭ́llĭon",
          "word": "ἑρπῠ́λλῐον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "herpŭllĭ́s",
          "word": "ἑρπῠλλῐ́ς"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)"
      ],
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          "wild thyme"
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          "Thymus serpyllum#Translingual"
        ]
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          "word": "ἀγρῐόπρᾰσον"
        },
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          "word": "ζῠγῐ́ς"
        }
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    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hér.pyl.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)er.pyl.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pi.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἕρπυλλος"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "herpŭllắrĭon",
      "word": "ἑρπῠλλᾰ́ρῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "herpŭ́llĭnos",
      "word": "ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "herpŭ́llĭon",
      "word": "ἑρπῠ́λλῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "herpŭllĭ́s",
      "word": "ἑρπῠλλῐ́ς"
    }
  ],
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: serpyllum"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἕρπῠλλος",
      "roman": "ho hérpŭllos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλω",
      "roman": "herpŭ́llō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἕρπῠλλοι",
      "roman": "hoi hérpŭlloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἑρπῠ́λλου",
      "roman": "toû herpŭ́llou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλοιν",
      "roman": "herpŭ́lloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλων",
      "roman": "herpŭ́llōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἑρπῠ́λλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi herpŭ́llōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἕρπῠλλον",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἑρπῠ́λλω",
      "roman": "herpŭ́llō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἑρπῠ́λλους",
      "roman": "toùs herpŭ́llous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἕρπῠλλε",
      "roman": "hérpŭlle",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ἕρπῠλλοι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "second"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
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        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Mint family plants"
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          "wild thyme"
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          "Thymus serpyllum#Translingual"
        ]
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          "word": "ἀγρῐόπρᾰσον"
        },
        {
          "word": "ζῠγῐ́ς"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/hér.pyl.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pi.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hér.pyl.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)er.pyl.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pyl.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer.pi.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἕρπυλλος"
}

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"ἕρπυλλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun