ὄρπαξ
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
German (Pape)
[Seite 386] ακος, ὁ, dor. = ὄρπηξ, Theocr. 7, 146. – Hesych. erkl. ὅρπαξ auch θρασὺς ἄνεμος (?).
French (Bailly abrégé)
dor. c. ὅρπηξ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὄρπαξ: «θρασὺς ἄνεμος» Ἡσύχ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: θρασὺς ἄνεμος H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Furnée 327f. compares Ὄρπα Ε᾽ρινυς H. and ῎Οριψα ᾽Ερινύς H. (with anaptyctic vowel) and ἁπάζω. Prob. Pre-Greek.
