εξαρπάζω

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Greek Monolingual

(AM ἐξαρπάζω)
1. αρπάζω, αφαιρώ από κάποιον κάτι, αφαρπάζω («σὰς δὲ ἐπιστολὰς ἐξαρπάσας ὅδ' ἐκ χερῶν ἐμῶν βίᾳ», Ευρ.)
2. αποσπώ με τη βία («ἱστία δ' ἐξήρπαξ' ἀνέμου μένος», Απολλ. Ρόδ.)
3. ελευθερώνω, σώζω, λυτρώνω αρπάζοντας κάποιον («τὸν ἐξήρπαξ' Ἀφροδίτη ῤεῖα μάλ' ὥς τε θεός», Ομ. Ιλ.).