ἅρπη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, unknown <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bird of prey]], prob. [[shearwater]], [Ἀθήνη] ἅρπῃ ἐϊκυῖα τανυπτέρυγι λιγυφώνῳ <span class="bibl">Il.19.350</span>; a [[sea-bird]] acc. to <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 609a24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.47</span>, <span class="bibl">Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span>1.4</span> (describing the [[Lämmergeier]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[sickle]], = [[δρέπανον]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>573</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>424</span>; καλαμητόμος <span class="bibl">A.R.4.987</span>: hence, the [[scimitar]] of Perseus, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.11J.</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 192</span> (lyr., pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[elephant-goad]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of a hippopotamus' [[tooth]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>567</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[bill-hook]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>14.15.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> kind of [[fish]], <span class="bibl">Marc.Sid.22</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[sarpio]], [[sarpo]], etc.)</span>