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ἁρπαγή

ἁρπαγή, seizure, rapine, robbery, rape

ἁρπαγ-ή, ἡ,
  • seizure, robbery, rape, first in Sol. 4.13; ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς δίκην found guilty of rape, A. Ag. 534; αἰτέειν δίκας τῆς ἁ. Hdt. 1.2; ἁρπαγῇ χρησαμένους ib. 5; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, Th. 6.52, X. Cyr. 7.2.12; ἐφʼ ἁ. τραπέσθαι Th. 4.104, X. Cyr. 4.2.25; τοῦ κρητῆρος ἡ ἁ. Hdt. 3.48: pl., of a single act, συνεπρήξαντο τὰς Ἑλένης ἁ. Id. 5.94, cf. A. Th. 351 (lyr.), Supp. 510; Καδμείων ἁ., of the Sphinx, E. Ph. 1021 (lyr.).
    • II thing seized, booty, prey, τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁ. A. Pers. 752; ἁ. κυσί, θηρσί, Id. Th. 1019, E. El. 896; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι to make booty of a thing. Th. 8.62.
    • III greediness, X. Cyr. 5.2.17.
    • IV ἐν ἁρπαγῇ σελήνης when the moon is invisible, PMag.Par. 1.750.

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