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ἀναρπάζω

anarpazo

snatch up

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναρπάζω, fut. -άσω (v. infr. III) and -άξω, more freq. in Med. form -άσομαι (v. infr. III) aor. -ήρπασα and -αξα, in Hom. as suits the metre: aor. 2 Pass. ἀνηρπάγην D.S. 4.75, Plu. Pyrrh. 7:—A. snatch up, ἀνὰ δʼ ἥρπασε Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη (sc. τὸ ἔγχος) Il. 22.276, cf. Pi. P. 4.34; ἀ. τὰ ὅπλα X. An. 7.1.15; of the sun causing the earthʼs moisture to evaporate, Hp. Aër. 8, cf. Plu. 2.658b, Aristid. Or. 36(48).60. II. snatch away, carry off, ὅτε μιν . . ἀνήρπασε Φοῖβος Il. 9.564, cf. 16.437, Od. 4.515, 5.419; of slave-dealers, ἀλλά μʼ ἀνήρπαξαν Τάφιοι kidnapped me, 15.427, cf. X. An. 1.3.14, Aristid. 1.161J., etc.; ἀνήρπασέν ποτε . . Κέφαλον ἐς θεοὺς Ἕως E. Hipp. 454; ἀ. τοῖς ὄνυξιν, of an eagle, Ar. V. 17, cf. Epicr. 2.10:—Pass., φροῦδος ἀναρπασθείς S. El. 848 (lyr.), etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης IG 12(7).51 (Amorgos): in Prose, to be carried off to prison, δεῖ με ἀνηρπάσθαι D. 21.120, 124, cf. 10.18. 2. in good sense, rescue, Plu. Pyrrh. 16:— Pass., ib.7. III. take by storm, ravage, σὺ . . ἀναρπάσεις δόμους; E. Ion 1303; of persons, ἀναρπασόμενος τοὺς Φωκέας take them by storm or at once, Hdt. 8.28, cf. 9.59:—Pass., ἀνήρπασται πόλις E. Ph. 1079, Hel. 751, D. 9.47; ἐκ μέσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος Aeschin. 3.133. IV. carry off, steal, πολλοὺς καὶ πολλὰ χρήματα ἔχομεν ἀνηρπακότες X. An. 1.3.14; τρία τάλαντα ἀνηρπάκασι D. 27.29; of regraters, buy up unfairly, ἀ. σῖτον Lys. 22.15.
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