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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>harpax</b>: ăgis, adj., = [[ἅρπαξ]],<br /><b>I</b> [[drawing]] to itself, [[rapacious]].—Lit., of [[amber]] and [[brimstone]]: in [[Syria]] feminas verticillos [[inde]] (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari [[harpaga]], [[quia]] folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; so of [[sulphur]], id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the [[correct]] [[reading]], see Sillig ad h. l.).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[harpax]], ăgis, m. ([[ἅρπαξ]]), qui tire à soi [nom donné à l’ambre, parce qu’il attire les objets légers] : Plin. 35, 176.
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{{Georges
|georg=harpax, agis, Akk. aga, c. ([[ἅρπαξ]]), an [[sich]] [[reißend]], [[räuberisch]], Plin. 35, 176 u. 37, 37. – [[Harpax]] [[als]] [[Person]] in der [[Komödie]], Plaut. Pseud. 653 u. 1009.
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