Definition of herpes
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LNS
herpēs, herpētis
herpes
ἕρπης
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. A cutaneous eruption that creeps and spreads
Abbreviations
herpes, ētis, m., = ἕρπης. A cutaneous eruption that creeps and spreads, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 145; and perh. Lucil. ap. Non. 117, 22, where others read herpestica (in Cels. 5, 28, 3, written as Greek).

— Herpes quoque animal a Graecis vocatur, quo praecipue sanantur quaecumque serpunt, Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 116.
 
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