ἁρπεδόνη

A. cord, for binding or snaring game, X. Cyr. 1.6.28, AP 9.244 (Apollonid.).

2. yarn of which cloth is made, Hdt. 3.47, Aristias 2 (ap.Poll. 7.31), AP 6.160 (Antip. Sid.); silk-worm's thread, Paus. 6.26.8; bow-string, AP 5.193 (Posidipp. or Asclep.).

II. ἁρπεδόναι· τῶν ἀμαυρῶν ἄστρων σύγχυσις (i.e. band of stars connecting Pisces), Hsch., cf. Vitr. 9.5.3.