ΕΡΠΟΥΣΑ, ερπουσα
ERPOUSA, erpousa
Sounds Like: er-POO-sah
Translations: creeping, crawling, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
From the root: ΕΡΠΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'έρπω' (herpō), meaning 'to creep' or 'to crawl'. It describes something that moves by creeping or crawling, often referring to animals like reptiles or insects. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun, or as a noun itself, referring to a 'creeping thing' or 'crawling creature'.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Feminine, Nominative Singular or Vocative Singular or Accusative Plural
Strong’s number: G2062 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΠΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΙΡΠΕ — crept, crawled, spread, extended, advanced
- ΕΡΠ — creep, crawl, move slowly, go, come
- ΕΡΠΕ — creep, crawl, move slowly, go, come
- ΕΡΠΕΙ — creeps, crawls, glides, moves slowly, spreads
- ΕΡΠΕΙΝ — to creep, to crawl, to slither, to move slowly, to go, to advance
- ΕΡΠΕΤ — creeping thing, a creeping thing, reptile, a reptile, serpent, a serpent
- ΕΡΠΗΣΤΙΚΟΝ — creeping, crawling, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΗΣΤΙΚΟΣ — creeping, spreading, herpetic, pertaining to herpes
- ΕΡΠΟΝ — creeping, crawling, moving slowly, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΑ — creeping, crawling, things that creep, things that crawl
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΙ — to the one creeping, to the one crawling, to the one moving, to the one going, (to) creeping, (to) crawling, (to) moving, (to) going
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of creeping things, of crawling things, of reptiles
- ΕΡΠΟΥΣΗΣ — of creeping, of crawling, of moving slowly, of a creeping thing, of a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΟΥΣΙΝ — they creep, they crawl, they slither, they move on the ground
- ΕΡΠΩ — to creep, to crawl, to move slowly, to go, to advance
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