ἅρπαγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I plunder”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hár.paŋ.ma/ → /ˈar.paɣ.ma/ → /ˈar.paɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hár.paŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ar.paɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.paɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.paɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.paɣ.ma/

Noun

ἅρπαγμᾰ • (hárpagma) n (genitive ἅρπαγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A booty, a prey

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἅρπαγμᾰ; τοῦ ἁρπάγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἅρπαγμᾰ tò hárpagma	τὼ ἁρπάγμᾰτε tṑ harpágmate	τᾰ̀ ἁρπάγμᾰτᾰ tà harpágmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἁρπάγμᾰτος toû harpágmatos	τοῖν ἁρπαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn harpagmátoin	τῶν ἁρπαγμᾰ́των tôn harpagmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἁρπάγμᾰτῐ tôi harpágmati	τοῖν ἁρπαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn harpagmátoin	τοῖς ἁρπάγμᾰσῐ / ἁρπάγμᾰσῐν toîs harpágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἅρπαγμᾰ tò hárpagma	τὼ ἁρπάγμᾰτε tṑ harpágmate	τᾰ̀ ἁρπάγμᾰτᾰ tà harpágmata
Vocative	ἅρπαγμᾰ hárpagma	ἁρπάγμᾰτε harpágmate	ἁρπάγμᾰτᾰ harpágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἅρπαγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἅρπαγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette