ἑρπετόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὄρπετον (órpeton) (Aeolic)

Etymology

Substantivized verbal adjective of ἕρπω (hérpō). Compare Latin serpēns.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἑρπετόν • (herpetón) n (genitive ἑρπετοῦ); second declension

  1. Any animal which walks on four legs.
  2. creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake
  3. living being

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἑρπετόν; τοῦ ἑρπετοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἑρπετόν
tò herpetón		 τὼ ἑρπετώ
tṑ herpetṓ		 τᾰ̀ ἑρπετᾰ́
tà herpetá
Genitive τοῦ ἑρπετοῦ
toû herpetoû		 τοῖν ἑρπετοῖν
toîn herpetoîn		 τῶν ἑρπετῶν
tôn herpetôn
Dative τῷ ἑρπετῷ
tôi herpetôi		 τοῖν ἑρπετοῖν
toîn herpetoîn		 τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς
toîs herpetoîs
Accusative τὸ ἑρπετόν
tò herpetón		 τὼ ἑρπετώ
tṑ herpetṓ		 τᾰ̀ ἑρπετᾰ́
tà herpetá
Vocative ἑρπετόν
herpetón		 ἑρπετώ
herpetṓ		 ἑρπετᾰ́
herpetá
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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