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harpa, ae, f., = ἅρπη (a sickle, transf.), a harp (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 7, 8, 63.

(harpactĭcon, false read. in Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 176; v. 1. harpax.)

harpăga, ae, f., = ἁρπάγη, a hook, for the usual harpago, Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 20.

* harpăgĭnētŭlus, i, m. dim. [harpago], a small hook, Vitr. 7, 5, 3 dub.

1. harpăgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ἁρπάζω], to rob, plunder (Plautin.): aurum mihi intus harpagatum est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 6; 4, 2, 2.

2. harpăgo ōnis, m. [ἁρπάγη], a hook for drawing things to one’s self, for tearing down any thing, etc., a grappling-hook, grapple, drag (pure Lat. manica, manus ferrea).

  1. I. Lit., Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1; id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; Liv. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.
  2. * II. Transf., a rapacious person: blandiloquentulus harpago, mendax, cuppes, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 13.

Harpăgus i, m., a Median nobleman, to whom Astyages committed his grandson Cyrus to be destroyed, but by whom he was preserved alive, Just. 1, 4 sq.; Sen. de Ira, 3, 15, 1.

Harpălus, i, m., one of Cicero’s slaves, Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1.

Harpălycē, ēs, f., = Ἁρπαλύκη, the daughter of the Thracian king Harpalycus, brought up as a warrior, Verg. A. 1, 317 Serv.; Hyg. Fab. 193; 252; 254.

harpastum, i, n., = ἁρπαστόν, a hand-ball: sive harpasta manu pulverulenta rapis, Mart. 4, 19, 6; 7, 67, 4.

1. harpax, ăgis, adj., = ἅρπαξ, drawing to itself, rapacious.
Lit., of amber and brimstone: in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; so of sulphur, id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).

2. Harpax, ăgis, m. [ἅρπαξ], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq.
Also in voc.: Harpage, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.