ἁρπάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἁρπάξω Il.22.310, Babr.89.2, ἁρπάσω X.''Eq.Mag.''4.17, (ἀν-) E.''Ion''1303; in Att. more commonly ἁρπάσομαι Ar.''Pax''1118, ''Ec.''866, ''Av.''1460, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.5, (ἀν-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.59; contr. [[ἁρπῶμαι]], ἁρπᾷ [[LXX]] ''Le.''19.13, al.: aor. ἥρπαξα Il.3.444, Pi.''N.''10.67, ''IG''4.951.11 (Epid.); Trag. and Att. [[ἥρπασα]] [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1634, Th.6.101 (also Il.13.528, 17.62, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.156): pf. ἥρπακα Ar.''Pl.''372, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 481a:—Med., aor. ἡρπασάμην Luc.''Tim.''22, etc. ὑφαρπάσαιο Ar.''Ec.''921):—Pass., pf. ἥρπασμαι X.''An.''1.2.27, E.''Ph.''1079 (ἀν-): 3 plpf. ἥρπαστο Id.''El.''1041; later ἥρπαγμαι Paus.3.18.7, inf. -άχθαι Str.13.1.11: aor. 1 [[ἡρπάσθην]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.1 and 4, etc., -χθην Id.2.90 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), 8.115, D.S.17.74; later, aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἡρπάγην</b> [ᾰ] Lyc.505, etc.: fut. ἁρπᾰγήσομαι ''1 Ep.Thess.''4.17, ''J.BJ''5.10.3; part. [[ἁρπάμενος]] (as if from [[ἅρπημι]]) ''AP''11.59 (Maced.), [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 1.340, al., (ὑφ-) ''AP''9.619 (Agath.):—[[snatch away]], [[carry off]], ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας Il.3.444; <b class="b3">ὡς δ' ὅτε τίς τε λέων.. ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃ</b> ib.17.62; τοὺς δ' αἶψ' ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θύελλα Od.10.48, cf. 5.416; κλέψαι τε χἁρπάσαι βίᾳ S.''Ph.''644; ἁ. τοῦ βασιλέος τὴν [[θυγατέρα]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.2; ἁ. [χρυσὸν] ὑπὲκ τῶν γρυπῶν Id.3.116; ἁ. καὶ [[φέρειν]] Lys.20.17: abs., to [[be a robber]], <b class="b3">ὁτιὴ ’πιώρκεις ἡρπακώς</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''428, cf. ''Pl.''372; [[ἁρπάζειν]] βλέπει = [[look]]s [[thievish]], Men.''Epit.''181:—Pass. (or Med.), <b class="b3">ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαι</b> I [[have]] her [[torn]] from my [[arm]]s, E.''Andr.''661.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seize hastily]], [[snatch up]], λᾶαν Il.12.445; [[δόρυ]] A.''Th.''624; τὰ ὅπλα X.''An.''6.1.8; <b class="b3">ἁ. τινὰ μέσον</b> [[seize]] him by the [[waist]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.107; <b class="b3">λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει</b>, of the [[magnet]], Hp.''Steril.''243: c. gen. of the part seized, ἁ. τινὰ τένοντος ποδός E.''Cyc.''400: c. gen. partit., ἁ. τούτων ἐνέτραγον Timocl.16.7: abs., ἀπογεύονται ἁρπάζοντες [[greedily]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 354b:—Med. in Luc. ''Sacr.''3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[seize]], [[overpower]], [[overmaster]], γλῶσσαν ἁ. [[φόβος]] A.''Th.'' 259; [[seize]], [[occupy]] a [[post]], X.''An.''4.6.11; <b class="b3">ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν</b> [[seize]] an [[opportunity]] of [[attack]]ing, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''2; ἁ. τὸν καιρόν Plu.''Phil.''15; [[snap up]], [[ὥσπερ]] [[εὕρημα]] Herod.6.30.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[seize]], [[adopt]] a [[legend]], of an [[author]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.156.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[grasp with the senses]], ὀσμαὶ ἁρπαζόμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν Plu.2.647e.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[captivate]], [[ravish]], [[LXX]] ''Ju.''16.9, Plu. ''Ant.''28.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[draw up]] [[by means of]] a [[vacuum]], Simp. ''in Ph.''647.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[plunder]], <b class="b3">πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα</b>, etc., Th.1.5, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.5, D.8.55, etc.