harpago

== English == === Etymology === From Latin harpagō. === Noun === harpago (plural harpagones) (historical) Synonym of corvus (“grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare”). (historical) Synonym of harpax (“Ancient Roman catapult-shot grapnel”). == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhar.pa.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.pa.ɡo] === Noun === harpagō m (genitive harpagōnis); third declension grappling hook, grappling iron ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: harpago, harpagon → French: harpagon→ 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 === See also === harpaga === References === “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