ἅρπαξ
From LSJ
αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.
English (LSJ)
ᾰγος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἁρπάζω)
A robbing, rapacious, Ar.Eq.137, v.l. inFr. 628, X.Mem.3.1.6; λύκοι Lyc.1309 (v.l. Ἄτρακας): also c. Subst. neut., ἅρπαγι χείλει AP9.272 (Bianor): Sup. ἁρπαγίστατος Pl.Com. 57. II mostly as Subst., 1 ἅρπαξ, ἡ, rapine, Hes.Op.356. 2 ἅρπαξ, ὁ, robber, peculator, τῶν δημοσίων Ar.Nu.351; ὁ μὲν κλέπτης ὁ δ' ἅ. Myrtil.4; πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες (sc. οἱ Ὠρώπιοι) Xeno1. 3 species of wolf, Opp.C.3.304. 4 grappling-iron, used in sea-fights, App.BC5.118, Moschio ap.Ath.5.208d; flesh-hook, J.AJ8.3.7.
