Ἅρπαγος

See also: άρπαγας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Arbakah, shaped by folk etymology through association with the word ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ, “robbery”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος • (Hắrpăgos) m (genitive Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου); second declension

  1. Harpagus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος; τοῦ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγος
ho Hắrpăgos
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γου
toû Hărpắgou
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̔ρπᾰ́γῳ
tōî Hărpắgōi
Accusative τὸν Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγον
tòn Hắrpăgon
Vocative Ᾰ̔́ρπᾰγε
Hắrpăge
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Άρπαγος (Árpagos)
  • → Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊓𐊀𐊜𐊒 (Arpaχu)
  • → Latin: Harpagus

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*arbakā̆-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 35
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.82. *Arbaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 110

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