ἐξαρπάζω

A. ‐άσομαι Ar. Eq. 708: aor.1 ἐξήρπαξα Hom.(v.infr.), ἐξήρπασα Hdt. 8.135, Plu. Comp.Per.Fab. 2:—snatch away from, φῶτ’ ἐξαρπάξασα νεός Od. 12.100; ἐ. τι παρά τινος Hdt.l.c.; τι ἐκ χερῶν τινος E. IA 315; rescue, τὸν δ’ ἐξήρπαξ’ Ἀφροδίτη Il. 3.380, cf. 20.443, 21.597; τῆς πολιορκίας Μάριον Plu. Sull. 29:—Pass., to be carried off, οἱ μὲν ἐξηρπασμένοι σπεύδουσιν the captured ones are speeding on their way, S. OC 1016 (s.v.l.): c.acc., ἐξαρπάζεσθαι τὸ νοτερόν to have the moisture forcibly drawn out, Pl. Ti. 60d.

II. tear out, ἐ. σου . . τἄντερα Ar. Eq. 708; tear off, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.418.