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ἅρπη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἅρπη ἅρπης

Structure: ἁρπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: v. a(rpa/zw

Sense

  1. a bird of prey (probably shearwater)
  2. a kite
  3. a sickle
  4. an elephant goad

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἅρπη ά̔ρπᾱ ά̔ρπαι
Genitive ά̔ρπης ά̔ρπαιν ἁρπῶν
Dative ά̔ρπῃ ά̔ρπαιν ά̔ρπαις
Accusative ά̔ρπην ά̔ρπᾱ ά̔ρπᾱς
Vocative ά̔ρπη ά̔ρπᾱ ά̔ρπαι

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

  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ὅσον τοῦ κήτουσ εἶδε τὴν Μέδουσαν, ἤδη λίθοσ ἐστίν, τὸ δ’ ὅσον ἔμψυχον μένει, τῇ ἁρ́πῃ κόπτεται. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:3)
  • ἡ γὰρ ἁρ́πη τοῦτο σημαίνει καὶ οὐχ ὡσ γέγραφεν Ἀντίμαχοσ Ἡσιόδῳ πειθόμενοσ λέχρισ δὲ δρεπάνῳ τέμνων ἀπὸ μήδεα πατρὸσ οὐρανοῦ Ἀκμονίδεω λάσιοσ Κρόνοσ ἀντιτέτυκτο. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 424)
  • Ζεὺσ δὲ πόρρω μὲν ὄντα Τυφῶνα ἔβαλλε κεραυνοῖσ, πλησίον δὲ γενόμενον ἀδαμαντίνῃ κατέπληττεν ἁρ́πῃ, καὶ φεύγοντα ἄχρι τοῦ Κασίου ὄρουσ συνεδίωξε· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 6 3:10)
  • ἡ γὰρ ἁρ́πη τοῦτο σημαίνει καὶ οὐχ ὡσ γέγραφεν Ἀντίμαχοσ Ἡσιόδῳ πειθόμενοσ λέχρισ δὲ δρεπάνῳ τέμνων ἀπὸ μήδεα πατρὸσ οὐρανοῦ Ἀκμονίδεω λάσιοσ Κρόνοσ ἀντιτέτυκτο. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 42 1:1)
  • ἣ δ’ ἁρ́πῃ ἐϊκυῖα τανυπτέρυγι λιγυφώνῳ οὐρανοῦ ἐκκατεπᾶλτο δι’ αἰθέροσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 29:2)

Synonyms

  1. a bird of prey

  2. a kite

  3. an elephant goad

Similar forms

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