ἄρπεζα

ἄρπεζα
ἄρπεζα
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: `hedge' (Nic.), pl.; cf. ἀρπέζας τοὺς αἱμασιώδεις τόπους. οἱ δε τείχη καὶ περιβόλους. οἱ δε τὰ κλιμακώδη χωρία H.).
Other forms: ἄρπεζος f. `ds.' (Mylasa). Cf. further ἄρπισαι αἱμασιαί. η τάφρους and ἄρπιξ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, Κύπριοι H. Also ἀρπάναι· μάνδραι βοσκήματων.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Νο etymology. Connection with ἅρπη, ἁρπεδόνη, ἁρπάζω is not convincing. (Chantraine's suggestion that the basic meaning is `limit of a terrain', and so perhaps connected with ἀρπεδόνη, is improbable: it is something concrete in the terrain, functioning as boundary, like αἱμασία.) The variation -εζα\/-ισα is the typical type of variation found in substr. words.
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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  • υπάρπεζος — ον, Α αυτός που βρίσκεται κάτω από φράχτη. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο) * + ἅρπεζα / ἅρπεζος «φράχτης»] …   Dictionary of Greek

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