Ἅρπυιαι

A. v. ἀνερείπομαι) αἱ, the Snatchers, a name used in Od. to personify whirlwinds or hurricanes (so τυφῶσι καὶ ἁρπυίαις Ph. 1.333); ἅρπυιαι ἀνηρείψαντο Od. 1.241, 20.77: acc. pl., Hes. Th. 267; πτηνά τ’ Ἁρπυιῶν γένη Anaxil. 22.5, cf. A.R. 2.188: rarely in sg., Euph. 113: as pr. n., Ἅρπυια Ποδάργη, mother of the horses of Achilles, Il. 16.150; also name of one of Actaeon's hounds, A. Fr. 245; cf. ἁρπυίας· ἁρπακτικοὺς κύνας, Hsch.

2. as Adj., ἁ. σκύλακες Inscr.Perg. 203. (A quasi-participial form.)