harpago

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English

Etymology

From Latin harpagō.

Noun

harpago (plural harpagones)

  1. (historical) Synonym of corvus (grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare)
  2. (historical) Synonym of harpax (Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, hook), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

harpagō m (genitive harpagōnis); third declension

  1. grappling hook, grappling iron

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative harpagō harpagōnēs
genitive harpagōnis harpagōnum
dative harpagōnī harpagōnibus
accusative harpagōnem harpagōnēs
ablative harpagōne harpagōnibus
vocative harpagō harpagōnēs

Descendants

See also

References

  • harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • harpago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • harpago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • harpago”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin