ἁρπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥαπίς (rhapís)

Etymology

According to Hesychius, the word is Laconian. The presence of the variant ῥαπίς (rhapís) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /har.pís/ → /arˈpis/ → /arˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /har.pís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)arˈpis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈpis/

Noun

ἁρπῐ́ς • (harpĭ́s) f (genitive ἁρπῖδος); third declension

1. half-boot

   Synonym: κρηπῐ́ς (krēpĭ́s)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς; τῆς ἁρπῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς hē harpĭ́s	τὼ ἁρπῖδε tṑ harpîde	αἱ ἁρπῖδες hai harpîdes
Genitive	τῆς ἁρπῖδος tês harpîdos	τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν toîn harpī́doin	τῶν ἁρπῑ́δων tôn harpī́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἁρπῖδῐ têi harpîdĭ	τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν toîn harpī́doin	ταῖς ἁρπῖσῐ / ἁρπῖσῐν taîs harpîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁρπῖδᾰ tḕn harpîdă	τὼ ἁρπῖδε tṑ harpîde	τᾱ̀ς ἁρπῖδᾰς tā̀s harpîdăs
Vocative	ἁρπῐ́ς harpĭ́s	ἁρπῖδε harpîde	ἁρπῖδες harpîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἁρπίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁρπίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN