ἁρπάγη

See also: αρπαγή, αρπάγη, and ἁρπαγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /har.pá.ɡɛː/ → /arˈpa.ʝi/ → /arˈpa.ʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /har.pá.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)arˈpa.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈpa.ʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈpa.ʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈpa.ʝi/

Noun

ἁρπάγη • (harpágē) f (genitive ἁρπάγης); first declension

1. hook
2. grappling iron
3. rake

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γη; τῆς ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γη hē harpágē	τὼ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γᾱ tṑ harpágā	αἱ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γαι hai harpágai
Genitive	τῆς ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γης tês harpágēs	τοῖν ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γαιν toîn harpágain	τῶν ἁ̆ρπᾰγῶν tôn harpagôn
Dative	τῇ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γῃ têi harpágēi	τοῖν ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γαιν toîn harpágain	ταῖς ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γαις taîs harpágais
Accusative	τὴν ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γην tḕn harpágēn	τὼ ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γᾱ tṑ harpágā	τᾱ̀ς ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γᾱς tā̀s harpágās
Vocative	ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γη harpágē	ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γᾱ harpágā	ἁ̆ρπᾰ́γαι harpágai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρπάγη (arpági)
• Latin: harpagō (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• ἁρπάγη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁρπάγη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἁρπάγη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἁρπάγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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