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ἁρπαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁρπαστός

Structure: ἁρπαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(rpa/zw

Sense

  1. carried away

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ καλούμενον διὰ τῆσ σφαίρασ ἁρπαστὸν φαινίνδα ἐκαλεῖτο, ὃ ἐγὼ πάντων μάλιστα ἀσπάζομαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 25 2:4)
  • φέρει δ’ ἐπὶ σοί με, Μυΐσκε, ἁρπαστὸν κώμοισ ὁ γλυκύδακρυσ Ἔρωσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1672)

Synonyms

  1. carried away

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

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