Ἅρπυια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Pre-Greek, but commonly related to ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hár.pyː.a/ → /ˈar.py.a/ → /ˈar.pi.a/

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

Proper noun

Ἅρπυιᾰ • (Hárpuia) f (genitive Ἁρπυίᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) a harpy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἅρπυιᾰ; τῆς Ἁρπυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἅρπυιᾰ hē Hárpuia	τὼ Ἁρπυίᾱ tṑ Harpuíā	αἱ Ἅρπυιαι hai Hárpuiai
Genitive	τῆς Ἁρπυίᾱς tês Harpuíās	τοῖν Ἁρπυίαιν toîn Harpuíain	τῶν Ἁρπυιῶν tôn Harpuiôn
Dative	τῇ Ἁρπυίᾳ têi Harpuíāi	τοῖν Ἁρπυίαιν toîn Harpuíain	ταῖς Ἁρπυίαις taîs Harpuíais
Accusative	τὴν Ἅρπυιᾰν tḕn Hárpuian	τὼ Ἁρπυίᾱ tṑ Harpuíā	τᾱ̀ς Ἁρπυίᾱς tā̀s Harpuíās
Vocative	Ἅρπυιᾰ Hárpuia	Ἁρπυίᾱ Harpuíā	Ἅρπυιαι Hárpuiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: harpy
• Greek: άρπυια (árpyia)
• Latin: harpyia

References

• Ἅρπυια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Ἅρπυια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012