Definition of harpago
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LNS
harpagō, harpagōnis
ἁρπάγη
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. a hook, a grappling-hook, grapple, drag
  2. a rapacious person
Abbreviations
harpago ōnis, m. ἁρπάγη, a hook for drawing things to one's self, for tearing down any thing, etc., a grappling-hook, grapple, drag (pure Lat. manica, manus ferrea). Lit., Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1; id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; Liv. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.

—* Transf., a rapacious person: blandiloquentulus harpago, mendax, cuppes, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 13.
 
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