harpago
See also: Harpago
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
harpago (plural harpagones)
- (historical) Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”)
- (historical) Synonym of harpax (“Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel”)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhar.pa.ɡoː/, [ˈhärpäɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.pa.ɡo/, [ˈärpäɡo]
Noun edit
harpagō m (genitive harpagōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | harpagō | harpagōnēs |
Genitive | harpagōnis | harpagōnum |
Dative | harpagōnī | harpagōnibus |
Accusative | harpagōnem | harpagōnēs |
Ablative | harpagōne | harpagōnibus |
Vocative | harpagō | harpagōnēs |
Descendants edit
- → English: harpago, harpagon
- French: harpagon
- Old French: harpon
- Italian: arpagone, arpione
- → Translingual: Harpago
See also edit
References edit
- “harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- harpago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “harpago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “harpago”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin