The corpus record — Latin

harpago2

harpago2 · v. a

to rob

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Where it lives

De Bello Hispaniensi 1 · 1.65/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 1 · 0.74/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k
De bello Gallico 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

1. harpăgo — Lewis & Short

harpăgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.a(rpa/zw,

I to rob, plunder (Plautin.): aurum mihi intus harpagatum est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 6; 4, 2, 2.

2. harpăgo — Lewis & Short

harpăgoōnis, m.a(rpa/gh,

I a hook for drawing things to one's self, for tearing down any thing, etc., a grappling-hook, grapple, drag (pure Lat. manica, manus ferrea).

I Lit., Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 1; id. B. C. 1, 57, 2; Liv. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.—*

II Transf., a rapacious person: blandiloquentulus harpago, mendax, cuppes, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 13.

In the wild

harpagó Plautus, Trinummus 2.1
harpagones Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Hispaniensi 16
harpaga Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p7
harpagones Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.56.p6
harpagonum Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 7.81.1
harpagatum Plautus, Aulularia 2.2

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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