harpago

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harpago (plural harpagones)

1. (historical) Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”)
2. (historical) Synonym of harpax (“Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel”)

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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɡo/, [ˈärpäɡo]

harpagō m (genitive harpagōnis); third declension

1. grappling hook, grappling iron

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• French: harpagon
  • → Italian: arpagone
  • → Romanian: harpagon, arpagon
• Old French: harpon
  • → English: harpoon
  • → Dutch: harpoen (see there for further descendants)
  • French: harpon
    • → Romanian: harpon
  • Portuguese: arpão
• Italian: arpagone, arpione
• → Translingual: Harpago

• 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