ἀναρπ-άζω,
future -άσω (see. below 111) and -άξω, more frequently in middle form -άσομαι (see. below 111) aorist -ήρπασα and -_ξα, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] as suits the metre: aorist 2 passive ἀνηρπάγην[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.75, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 7] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—snatch up, ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἥρπασε Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη (i.e. τὸ ἔγχος) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.276, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.34; ἀ. τὰ ὅπλα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.15 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the sun causing the earth's moisture to evaporate, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8,compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.658b, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 36(48).60. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II snatch away, carry off, ὅτε μιν.. ἀνήρπασε Φοῖβος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.564, compare 16.437, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.515, 5.419 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of slave-dealers, ἀλλά μ᾽ ἀνήρπαξαν Τάφιοι kidnapped me,[[ 15.427, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.14, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.16_ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.; ἀνήρπασέν ποτε.. Κέφαλον ἐς θεοὺς Ἕως 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 454] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄνυξιν, of an eagle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 17, compare 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 2.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, φροῦδος ἀναρπασθείς[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 848 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης “IG” 12(7).51 (from Amorgos)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose, to be carried off to prison, δεῖ με ἀνηρπάσθαι[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.120, 124, compare 10.18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]