proper noun · masculinethird declension
Harpax
Harpax m sg (genitive Harpacis)
Meaning
- masculinesingulara male given name, character in the play Pseudolus of Plautus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Harpax | — |
| genitive | Harpacis | — |
| dative | Harpacī | — |
| accusative | Harpacem | — |
| ablative | Harpace | — |
| vocative | Harpax | — |
harpax, ăgis, adj., = ἅρπαξ,
I. drawing to itself, rapacious.—Lit., of amber and brimstone:
in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; so of sulphur, id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).Harpax, ăgis, m. ἅρπαξ,
I. the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq. —Also in voc.:
Harpage, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.Origins
From Ancient Greek ἅρπαξ (hárpax, “rapacious”).