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Harpyiae
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Lewis Short
Harpȳiae (noun F) : (trisyl.;
* Scanned as a quadrisyl. Hārpyĭās,Rutil. Itin. 1, 608), , f., = Ἅρπυιαι (qs. the spoilers).
* Mythical rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, the Harpies, Verg. A. 3, 212 sq.; 6, 289; Hor. S. 2, 2, 40; Val. Fl. 4, 428; Hyg. Fab. 14.—In sing.: Harpyia Celaeno,Verg. A. 3, 365.
* Transf., in sing., a rapacious person, a harpy, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
* Also in sing., the name of one of Actoeon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 215.
* Scanned as a quadrisyl. Hārpyĭās,Rutil. Itin. 1, 608), , f., = Ἅρπυιαι (qs. the spoilers).
* Mythical rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, the Harpies, Verg. A. 3, 212 sq.; 6, 289; Hor. S. 2, 2, 40; Val. Fl. 4, 428; Hyg. Fab. 14.—In sing.: Harpyia Celaeno,Verg. A. 3, 365.
* Transf., in sing., a rapacious person, a harpy, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.
* Also in sing., the name of one of Actoeon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 215.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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