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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

  • διδόασι γὰρ ἄμφω καλὴν τὴν δίκην, οἱ μὲν ὥσπερ ὁ Τάνταλοσ ἄποτοι καὶ ἄγευστοι καὶ ξηροὶ τὸ στόμα, ἐπικεχηνότεσ μόνον τῷ χρυσίῳ, οἱ δὲ καθάπερ ὁ Φινεὺσ ἀπὸ τῆσ φάρυγγοσ τὴν τροφὴν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἁρπυιῶν ἀφαιρούμενοι. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 18:2)
  • τὶσ γὰρ ἢ δράκαιν’ ἄμικτοσ ἢ Χίμαιρα πυρπνόοσ ἢ Χάρυβδισ ἢ τρίκρανοσ Σκύλλα, ποντία κύων, Σφίγξ, Ὕδρα, λέαιν’, ἔχιδνα, πτηνὰ θ’ Ἁρπυιῶν γένη, εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἀφῖκται τοῦ καταπτύστου γένουσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 6 3:3)
  • βουλομένοισ δὲ τοῖσ Ἀργοναύταισ τὰ περὶ τοῦ πλοῦ μαθεῖν ὑποθήσεσθαι τὸν πλοῦν ἔφη, τῶν ἁρπυιῶν αὐτὸν ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξωσιν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 21:6)
  • διωκομένων δὲ τῶν ἁρπυιῶν ἡ μὲν κατὰ Πελοπόννησον εἰσ τὸν Τίγρην ποταμὸν ἐμπίπτει, ὃσ νῦν ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ Ἅρπυσ καλεῖται· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 21:10)
  • ἀπαλλαγεὶσ δὲ τῶν ἁρπυιῶν Φινεὺσ ἐμήνυσε τὸν πλοῦν τοῖσ Ἀργοναύταισ, καὶ περὶ τῶν συμπληγάδων ὑπέθετο πετρῶν τῶν κατὰ θάλασσαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 22:1)

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

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