harpago

From Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”), of uncertain origin.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhar.pa.ɡoː/, [ˈhärpäɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɡo/, [ˈärpäɡo]

harpagō m (genitive harpagōnis); third declension

1. grappling hook, grappling iron

Third-declension noun.

• harpaga

• “harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “harpago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• harpago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “harpago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “harpago”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin