harpē — Lewis & Short
harpē, ēs, f., = a(/rph.
I A sickleshaped sword, a falchion, cimeter, Ov. M. 5, 69; 176; Luc. 9, 663; Val. Fl. 4, 388.—
II A species of falcon, tassel gentle: Falco gentilis, Linn.; Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204.
The corpus record — Latin
harpe
harpe · f
A sickleshaped sword
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Where it lives
- Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
- Argonautica 3 · 0.81/10k
- Pharsalia 3 · 0.59/10k
- Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
- Punica 2 · 0.26/10k
- Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- harpe Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.74.p2
- harpe Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.176
- harpe Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 23.297
- Harpen Lucan, Pharsalia 9.663
- harpen Lucan, Pharsalia 9.662
- harpen Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 7.364
6 of 15 attestations shown.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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