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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *Arbakah, shaped by folk etymology through association with the word ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ, “robbery”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hár.pa.ɡos/ → /ˈar.pa.ɣos/ → /ˈar.pa.ɣos/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος • (Hárpagos) m (genitive Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου); second declension
- Harpagus
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*arbakā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 35
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.82. *Arbaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 110
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012