ἁρπάζω

A. ‐άξω Il. 22.310, Babr. 89.2, ‐άσω X. Eq.Mag. 4.17, (ἀν‐) E. Ion 1303; in Att. more commonly ἁρπάσομαι Ar. Pax 1118, Ec. 866, Av. 1460, X. Cyr. 7.2.5, (ἀν‐) Hdt. 9.59; contr. ἁρπῶμαι, ἁρπᾷ LXX Le. 19.13, al.: aor. ἥρπαξα Il. 3.444, Pi. N. 10.67, IG 4.951.11 (Epid.); Trag. and Att. ἥρπασα E. Or. 1634, Th. 6.101 (also Il. 13.528, 17.62, Hdt. 2.156): pf. ἥρπακα Ar. Pl. 372, Pl. Grg. 481a:—Med., aor. ἡρπασάμην Luc. Tim. 22, etc. ὑφ‐αρπάσαιο Ar. Ec. 921):—Pass., pf. ἥρπασμαι X. An. 1.2.27, E. Ph. 1079 (ἀν‐): 3 plpf. ἥρπαστο Id. El. 1041; later ἥρπαγμαι Paus. 3.18.7, inf. ‐άχθαι Str. 13.1.11: aor. 1 ἡρπάσθην Hdt. 1.1 and 4, etc., ‐χθην Id. 2.90 (v.l.), 8.115, D.S. 17.74; later, aor. 2 ἡρπάγην [α] Lyc. 505, etc.: fut. ἁρπαγήσομαι 1 Ep.Thess. 4.17, J.BJ 5.10.3; part. ἁρπάμενος (as if from ἅρπημι) AP 11.59 (Maced.), Nonn. D. 1.340, al., (ὑφ‐) AP 9.619 (Agath.):—snatch away, carry off, ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας Il. 3.444; ὡς δ’ ὅτε τίς τε λέων . . ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃ ib.17.62; τοὺς δ’ αἶψ’ ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θύελλα Od. 10.48, cf. 5.416; κλέψαι τε χἁρπάσαι βίᾳ S. Ph. 644; ἁ. τοῦ βασιλέος τὴν θυγατέρα Hdt. 1.2; ἁ. [χρυσὸν] ὑπὲκ τῶν γρυπῶν Id. 3.116; ἁ. καὶ φέρειν Lys. 20.17: abs., to be a robber, ὁτιὴ πιώρκεις ἡρπακώς Ar. Eq. 428, cf. Pl. 372; ἁρπάζειν βλέπει looks thievish, Men. Epit. 181:—Pass. (or Med.), ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαι I have her torn from my arms, E. Andr. 661.

2. seize hastily, snatch up, λᾶαν Il. 12.445; δόρυ A. Th. 624; τὰ ὅπλα X. An. 6.1.8; ἁ. τινὰ μέσον seize him by the waist, Hdt. 9.107; λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει, of the magnet, Hp. Steril. 243: c. gen. of the part seized, ἁ. τινὰ τένοντος ποδός E. Cyc. 400: c. gen. partit., ἁ. τούτων ἐνέτραγον Timocl. 16.7: abs., ἀπογεύονται ἁρπάζοντες greedily, Pl. R. 354b:—Med. in Luc. Sacr. 3.

3. seize, overpower, overmaster, γλῶσσαν ἁ. φόβος A. Th. 259; seize, occupy a post, X. An. 4.6.11; ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν seize an opportunity of attacking, S. Aj. 2; ἁ. τὸν καιρόν Plu. Phil. 15; snap up, ὥσπερ εὕρημα Herod. 6.30.

4. seize, adopt a legend, of an author, Hdt. 2.156.

5. grasp with the senses, ὀσμαὶ ‐όμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν Plu. 2.647e.

6. captivate, ravish, LXX Ju. 16.9, Plu. Ant. 28.

7. draw up by means of a vacuum, Simp. in Ph. 647.28.

II. plunder, πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, etc., Th. 1.5, X. Cyr. 7.2.5, D. 8.55, etc.