snatch away, carry off,
ἁρπάζω,fut.
A.
-άξω
Il. 22.310
, Babr. 89.2 , -άσω
X. Eq.Mag. 4.17
, (ἀν-) E. Ion 1303 ; in Att. more commonly ἁρπάσομαι
Ar. Pax 1118
, Ec. 866 , Av. 1460 , X. Cyr. 7.2.5 , (ἀν-) Hdt. 9.59 ; contr.
ἁρπῶμαι, ἁρπᾷ
LXX Le. 19.13
, al.:aor.
ἥρπαξα
Il. 3.444
, Pi. N. 10.67 , IG 4.951.11 (Epid.); Trag. and Att.
ἥρπασα
E. Or. 1634
, Th. 6.101 (also Il. 13.528 , 17.62 , Hdt. 2.156 ):pf.
ἥρπακα
Ar. Pl. 372
, Pl. Grg. 481a :— Med. ,aor.
ἡρπασάμην
Luc. Tim. 22
, etc. ὑφ-αρπάσαιο
Ar. Ec. 921
):— Pass. ,pf.
ἥρπασμαι
X. An. 1.2.27
, E. Ph. 1079 (ἀν-): 3
plpf.
ἥρπαστο
Id. El. 1041
; later ἥρπαγμαι
Paus. 3.18.7
,inf.
-άχθαι
Str. 13.1.11
:aor. 1 ἡρπάσθην
Hdt. 1.1 and 4 , etc., -χθην
Id. 2.90
(v.l.), 8.115 , D.S. 17.74 ; later,aor. 2 ἡρπάγην [ᾰ] Lyc. 505 , etc.:fut.
ἁρπᾰγήσομαι
1 Ep.Thess. 4.17
, J.BJ 5.10.3 ;part. ἁρπάμενος(as if fromἅρπημι) AP 11.59 ( Maced. ), Nonn. D. 1.340 , al., (ὑφ-) AP 9.619 ( Agath. ):—snatch away, carry off,
ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας
Il. 3.444
;ὡς δ' ὅτε τίς τε λέων . . ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃib. 17.62 ; τοὺς δ' αἶψ' ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θύελλα
Od. 10.48
, cf. 5.416 ; κλέψαι τε χἁρπάσαι βίᾳ
S. Ph. 644
; ἁ. τοῦ βασιλέος τὴν θυγατέρα
Hdt. 1.2
; ἁ. [χρυσὸν] ὑπὲκ τῶν γρυπῶν
Id. 3.116
; ἁ. καὶ φέρειν
Lys. 20.17
: abs.,to be a robber, ὁτιὴ Π<>ιώρκεις ἡρπακώς
Ar. Eq. 428 , cf. Pl. 372 ;ἁρπάζειν βλέπειlooksthievish,
Men. Epit. 181 :— Pass. (or Med. ),ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαιIhavehertornfrom my arms, E. Andr. 661 .
2. seize hastily, snatch up,
λᾶαν
Il. 12.445
; δόρυ
A. Th. 624
; τὰ ὅπλα
X. An. 6.1.8
;ἁ. τινὰ μέσον seizehim by the waist, Hdt. 9.107 ;λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει,of the magnet, Hp. Steril. 243 : c. gen. of the part seized, ἁ. τινὰ τένοντος ποδός
E. Cyc. 400
: c. gen. partit., ἁ. τούτων ἐνέτραγον
Timocl. 16.7
: abs., ἀπογεύονται ἁρπάζοντες greedily,
Pl. R. 354b
:— Med. in Luc. Sacr. 3 .
3. seize, overpower, overmaster,
γλῶσσαν ἁ. φόβος
A. Th. 259
;seize, occupya post, X. An. 4.6.11 ;ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν seizean opportunity of attacking, S. Aj. 2 ; ἁ. τὸν καιρόν
Plu. Phil. 15
;snap up,
ὥσπερ εὕρημα
Herod. 6.30
.
4. seize, adopta legend, of an author, Hdt. 2.156 .
5. grasp with the senses,
ὀσμαὶ -όμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν
Plu. 2.647e
.
6. captivate, ravish,
LXX Ju. 16.9 , Plu. Ant. 28 .
7. draw upby means of a vacuum, Simp. in Ph. 647.28 .
II. plunder, πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα,etc., Th. 1.5 , X. Cyr. 7.2.5 , D. 8.55 , etc.
