ἕρπης

ἕρπης, ητος, ὁ, (ἕρπω)

• shingles, Hp. Prorrh. 2.11 (pl.); ἕ. ἐσθιόμενοι Id. Aph. 5.22:—also ἑρπήν, ῆνος, ὁ, Ph. 2.64; ἑρπήνη, ἡ, EM 377.7.
• • II ἕρπης, ητος, ὁ, name of an animal (snake ?), Plin. HN 30.116, prob. in Philum. Ven. 19.1 (ὅπητες cod.).