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English
Etymology
From Latin harpagō.
Noun
harpago (plural harpagones)
- (historical) Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”)
- (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
- grappling hook, grappling iron
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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