See also: αρπάζω

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Disputed. Suggested Proto-Indo-European roots include *h₁rep- (to snatch) (compare ἐρέπτομαι (eréptomai) and Latin rapiō (to snatch, steal, rape)[1]) and *serp-[2] (compare ἅρπη (hárpē, bird of prey), Latin sarpō, Hittite 𒊬𒉺 (šarpa-, farming tool)). But, as Beekes notes, neither of these would be expected to yield the form ἁρπ-. Alternatively, Pre-Greek; the underlying -αγ- suffix (see Related terms below) further complicates a Proto-Indo-European origin.[2]

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

ἁρπάζω (harpázō)

  1. to snatch away, carry off
  2. to seize hastily, snatch up
  3. to seize, overpower
  4. to plunder

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: αρπάζω (arpázo, to catch)

References edit

  1. ^ « (rapio) est (de) la même famille de mots qui se retrouve en grec, avec une légère modification, sous la forme ἁρπ dans ἁρπάζω » --sv. « rapio » in Michel Bréal, Anatole Bailly (1885) Dictionnaire Étymologique Latin. Hachette, page 303.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Beekes (2010).

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