A.“εἵρπυζον” Q.S.13.93 : pres. only in Hom.: aor. 1 ἑρπύσαι in Att. (v. ἕρπω):—creep, crawl, in Hom. always of persons weighed down by age or deep distress, “ἑρπύζοντ᾽ ἀνὰ γουνόν” Od.1.193 ; “ἑρπύζων παρὰ θῖνα” 13.220, cf. Il.23.225, A.R.4.1289 ; of quadrupeds and children, Nic.Al.542 ; “χρόνος ἑρπύζων” AP6.19 (Jul.); of ivy, ib.7.22 (Simm. Theb.).
ἑρπύζω , impf.