Ἅρπυια

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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:

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
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