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 ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γη; τῆς ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γη hē hărpắgē	τὼ ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γᾱ tṑ hărpắgā	αἱ ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γαι hai hărpắgai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γης tês hărpắgēs	τοῖν ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γαιν toîn hărpắgain	τῶν ᾰ̔ρπᾰγῶν tôn hărpăgôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γῃ têi hărpắgēi	τοῖν ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γαιν toîn hărpắgain	ταῖς ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γαις taîs hărpắgais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γην tḕn hărpắgēn	τὼ ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γᾱ tṑ hărpắgā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γᾱς tā̀s hărpắgās
Vocative	ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γη hărpắgē	ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γᾱ hărpắgā	ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γαι hărpắgai
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 (2006–2025)
• “ἁρπάγη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 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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