- ἁρπάζω
- ἁρπάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `snatch away' (Il.).Other forms: aor. ἁρπάξαι (Il.), ἁρπάσαι (Hom.)Derivatives: ἅρπαξ f. `plunder' (Hes.), m. `robber' (Ar.); ἁρπαγή `robbery' (Sol.), ἁρπάγη `hook, rake' (E.); ἅρπαγος m. `hook' (A.); from here Lat. LW [loanword] harpagō `hook' (Plaut.), harpaga, harpax `rapacious'. - ἁρπακτήρ m. `robber' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: ἁρπάζω seems a denominative to a stem ἁρπαγ-. This may be based on ἅρπ- (from which ἁρπάζω can have been derived directly, s. Schwyzer 734); this is perhaps found in ἅρπη `sickle', and a bird of prey. - Cf. ἅρπυς, ἅρπυια, ἁρπαλέος. (Connection with ἐρέπτομαι, Szemerényi Syncope 210ff., is impossible because of the ἐ-.) No cognates. The suffix -αγ- cannot be explained from PIE; forms with it seem substr. words (Chantr. Form. 397). ἁρπ- too can hardly be explained from an IE form; *sr̥p- would have given ῥαπ-.Page in Frisk: 1,148-149
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.