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harpăgo ōnis, m. ἁρπάγη,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.81.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.1
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.57.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 10
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.2
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