ἁρπαλέος
ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.
English (LSJ)
α, ον, Ep. Adj., (ἁρπάζω):
A devouring, consuming, νοῦσος IPE2.167.3 (Panticapaeum); greedy, παλάμη AP9.576 (Nicarch.); ἁ. καὶ οἷον δὴ οὖν ἀεὶ τῶν ὀθνείων ἐφίεσθαι Agath.4.13: elsewh. only in Adv., greedily, eagerly, ἦ τοι ὁ πῖνε καὶ ἦσθε . . ἁρπαλέως Od.6.250, cf. 14.110; δέξεται ἁρπαλέως Thgn.1046; ἁ. εὕδειν gladly, pleasantly, Mimn.12.8; ἁ. ἐπεχήρατο vehemently, A.R.4.56; once in Ar., ἁ. ἀραμένη Lys.331 (lyr.). II attractive, alluring, charming, κέρδεα Od.8.164; ἁ. ἔρως, opp. ἀπηνής, Thgn.1353; ἄνθεα ἥβης ἁρπαλέα Mimn.1.4; δόσιν gift to be eagerly seized, Pi.P.8.65, cf. 10.62.
German (Pape)
[Seite 358] Hom. Od. 8, 164 κερδέων ἁρπαλέων, entweder räuberischer, ungerechter Gewinn, oder anlockender, reizender Gewinn; Od. 6, 250 πῖνε καὶ ἦσθε ἁρπαλέως, gieeig; 14, 110 ἐνδυκέως κρέα τ' ἤσθιε πῖνέ τε οἶνον ἁρπαλέως ἀκέων, hastig; – bei den Folg. reizend, lieblich, ἄνθεα ἥβης Mimnerm.; vgl. Theogn. 1353; δόσις Pind. P. 8, 68, schnell erlangt u. deshalb reizend, angenehm; vgl. φροντίς 15, 62; κάματοι ἁρπαλέοι εἰρήνης Opp. Hal. 1, 468; ἁρπαλέως χαίρειν Ap. Rh. 4, 56.
