According to Hesychius, the word is Laconian. The presence of the variant ῥαπίς (rhapís) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of this word.
ἁρπῐ́ς • (harpís) f (genitive ἁρπῖδος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς hē harpís |
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 harpîdi |
τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν toîn harpī́doin |
ταῖς ἁρπῖσῐ / ἁρπῖσῐν taîs harpîsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἁρπῖδᾰ tḕn harpîda |
τὼ ἁρπῖδε tṑ harpîde |
τᾱ̀ς ἁρπῖδᾰς tā̀s harpîdas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἁρπῐ́ς harpís |
ἁρπῖδε harpîde |
ἁρπῖδες harpîdes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||