Ἅρπαγος

See also: άρπαγας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Arbakā̆- (“juvenile, child”), shaped by folk etymology through association with the word ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ, “robbery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hár.pa.ɡos/ → /ˈar.pa.ɣos/ → /ˈar.pa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hár.pa.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ar.pa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɣos/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος • (Hárpagos) m (genitive Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου); second declension

1. Harpagus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος; τοῦ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος ho Hárpagos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου toû Harpágou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γῳ tôi Harpágōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγον tòn Hárpagon
Vocative	Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγε Hárpage
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άρπαγος (Árpagos)
• → Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊓𐊀𐊜𐊒 (Arpaχu)
• → Latin: Harpagus

Further reading

• Ἅρπαγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012