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Ἅρπυιαι

First declension Noun; Feminine 고유 그리스 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἅρπυιαι

Structure: Ἁρπυι (Stem) + αι (Ending)

Etym.: a(rpa/zw

Sense

  1. the snatchers, whirlwinds or hurricanes, Harpies

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοιάδε χρὴ Χαρίτων δαμώματα καλλικόμων τὸν σοφὸν ποιητὴν ὑμνεῖν, ὅταν ἠρινὰ μὲν φωνῇ χελιδὼν ἑζομένη κελαδῇ, χορὸν δὲ μὴ ’χῃ Μόρσιμοσ μηδὲ Μελάνθιοσ, οὗ δὴ πικροτάτην ὄπα γηρύσαντοσ ἤκουσ’ ἡνίκα τῶν τραγῳδῶν τὸν χορὸν εἶχον ἁδελφόσ τε και αὐτόσ, ἄμφω Γοργόνεσ ὀψοφάγοι βατιδοσκόποι Ἅρπυιαι, γραοσόβαι μιαροὶ τραγομάσχαλοι ἰχθυολῦμαι· (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, antistrophe 11)
  • οἱ δὲ παρέθεσαν αὐτῷ τράπεζαν ἐδεσμάτων, ἁρ́πυιαι δὲ ἐξαίφνησ σὺν βοῇ καταπτᾶσαι τὴν τροφὴν ἡρ́πασαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 21:7)
  • ἀλλὰ διὰ νεφέων ἄφνω πέλασ ἀίσσουσαι Ἅρπυιαι στόματοσ χειρῶν τ’ ἀπὸ γαμφηλῇσιν συνεχέωσ ἡρ́παζον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 3:25)
  • Ἅρπυιαι στόματόσ μοι ἀφαρπάζουσιν ἐδωδὴν ἔκποθεν ἀφράστοιο καταΐσσουσαι ὄλεθροι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 4:8)
  • Ἄρπυιαί τ’ ͂Ἰρίσ τε διέτμαγεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 5:22)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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