A.devouring, consuming, “νοῦσος” IPE2.167.3 (Panticapaeum); greedy, “παλάμη” AP9.576 (Nicarch.); “ἁ. καὶ οἷον δὴ οὖν ἀεὶ τῶν ὀθνείων ἐφίεσθαι” Agath.4.13: elsewh. only in Adv., greedily, eagerly, “ἦ τοι ὁ πῖνε καὶ ἦσθε . . ἁρπαλέως” Od.6.250, cf. 14.110; “δέξεται ἁρπαλέως” Thgn.1046; “ἁ. εὕδειν” gladly, pleasantly, Mimn.12.8; “ἁ. ἐπεχήρατο” vehemently, A.R.4.56; once in Ar., “ἁ. ἀραμένη” Lys.331 (lyr.).
ἁρπα^λ-έος , α, ον, Ep. Adj., (ἁρπάζω):