ἄρπεζα

Spanish (DGE)

-ης, ἡ
seto, vallado de zarzas κλώθοντος ἐν ἀρπέζῃσιν ἐρίνου Nic.Th.647, cf. 393, Hsch.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: hedge (Nic.), pl.; cf. ἀρπέζας τοὺς αἱμασιώδεις τόπους. οἱ δε τείχη καὶ περιβόλους. οἱ δε τὰ κλιμακώδη χωρία H.).
Other forms: ἄρπεζος f. ds. (Mylasa). Cf. further ἄρπισαι αἱμασιαί. η τάφρους and ἄρπιξ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, Κύπριοι H. Also ἀρπάναι· μάνδραι βοσκήματων.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Νο etymology. Connection with ἅρπη, ἁρπεδόνη, ἁρπάζω is not convincing. (Chantraine's suggestion that the basic meaning is limit of a terrain, and so perhaps connected with ἀρπεδόνη, is improbable: it is something concrete in the terrain, functioning as boundary, like αἱμασία.) The variation -εζα\/-ισα is the typical type of variation found in substr. words.