harpyn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːpi/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrpi/

Etymology: < Latin harpȳia, usually in plural harpȳiae = Greek ἅρπῡιαι ‘snatchers’ (compare ἁρπάζειν to snatch away, seize), in Homer used to personify whirlwinds or hurricanes, in Hesiod said to be sisters of Aello and Iris, in later mythology represented as hideous winged monsters. Perhaps immediately < French harpie (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A fabulous monster, rapacious and filthy, having a woman's face and body and a bird's wings and claws, and supposed to act as a minister of divine vengeance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > harpy

harpy1540

harper1586

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Niv^v Such were the harpies, as Virgil discribith them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 83 Brauely the figure of this Harpie, hast thou Perform'd (my Ariell) a grace it had deuouring.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 403 Both Table and Provision vanish'd quite With sound of Harpies wings, and Talons heard.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 47 His Vices..like so many Harpies, craving for their accustomed Gratification.

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 159 Strangers at my hearth Not welcome, harpies miring every dish.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 263 The Harpies were wind-tossed films of frothy cloud; the Sirens daughters of foam and mist.

b. A conventional representation or figure of a harpy, as in Heraldry.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

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griffina1400

yalec1425

mermaid1445

manticorec1470

cockatrice1513

mermaiden1538

opinicus1546

lituit1562

Pegasus1562

equicerve1572

harpy1572

lyciske1572

verme1572

wyver1599

merman1601

lion-dragon1610

lion-poisson1610

wyvern1610

Sagittarius1619

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man-fish1653

sea lion1661

satyral1724

man-tiger1780

sea-dog1780

Welsh dragon1799

camelopardel1830

satyr1845

serpivolant1866

sea monkey1909

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 111^v An Harpie Vert, Wynged de Or.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxvi. 183 The Harpey..should be giuen to such persons as haue committed manslaughter.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The field is, or, a harpy displayed, crined, crowned, and armed, or.

1873 C. Boutell Heraldry Anc. & Mod. 158 Harpy, a fabulous heraldic creature, represented as a vulture with a woman's head and neck.

2. transferred and figurative. A rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > rapacity > rapacious person

gorgec1450

sanguisugec1540

horse-leech1546

harpy1589

vulture1605

leech1785

sanguisorb1884

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxviii. 126 Plucke downe those grating Harpies that seduce our King amis.

1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 45 The insolent carriage of Prince Rupert, and his Harpies.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 5 The harpies of taxation.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xviii Was it my mother-in-law, the grasping, odious, abandoned, brazen harpy?

1884 St. James's Gaz. 4 Apr. 4/2 Mr. Commissioner Kerr has begun a crusade against legal ‘harpies’.

3. The harpy-eagle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > harpia harpyia (harpy-eagle)

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harpy1838

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 175/2 The harpy is stated to be a solitary bird, frequenting the thickest forests, where it feeds upon the sloths.

1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 697 The Harpies, or Fishing Eagles, with short wings.

4. The moor-buzzard, Circus æruginosus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus aeruginosus (marsh harrier)

pittelOE

dunkite1533

harp1671

moor-buzzard1678

duck-hawk1812

dun pickle1817

marsh harrier1831

harpy1838

moor harrier1840

moor hawk1885

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 183/1 Circus æruginosus..is the..Moor-Buzzard, Marsh-Harrier, Duck-Hawk, Harpy, and White-headed Harpy.

1862 Chambers's Encycl. V. 252.

5. The harpy-bat n.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as harpy advocate, harpy breed, harpy fury, harpy grin, harpy lawyer, harpy pettifogger, harpy race, harpy raven; harpy-footed, harpy-like adjs.; harpy-monument n. a monument found at Xanthus in Lycia, on which are figures resembling harpies.

ΚΠ

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 32 They..vndoe one another, to enrich an Harpy Aduocate.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iv. i. 299 That he be not ouer carelesse or covetous, Harpylike to make a prey of his patient.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 596 Thither by harpy-footed Furies hail'd.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. viii. 27 Why let in A Train of harpy Sorrows to my Breast?

1767 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Aug. The harpy-lawyers are..disappointed.

1853–78 W. Smith Classical Dict. 298 In the famous Harpy monument recently brought from Lycia to this country, the Harpies are represented in the act of carrying off the daughters of Pandareus.

1866 A. Trollope Claverings xxiv Woman,—altogether of the harpy breed!

Derivatives

harpyian adj. (erron. harpeian, harpyan) belonging to or characteristic of a harpy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of or relating to harpy

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1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-Jireh 46 For fear of their Harpeian paws.

c1728 E. Prior Lament. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 676 Those harpyan claws.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	harpy
释义	harpyn. Brit. /ˈhɑːpi/, U.S. /ˈhɑrpi/ Etymology: < Latin harpȳia, usually in plural harpȳiae = Greek ἅρπῡιαι ‘snatchers’ (compare ἁρπάζειν to snatch away, seize), in Homer used to personify whirlwinds or hurricanes, in Hesiod said to be sisters of Aello and Iris, in later mythology represented as hideous winged monsters. Perhaps immediately < French harpie (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A fabulous monster, rapacious and filthy, having a woman's face and body and a bird's wings and claws, and supposed to act as a minister of divine vengeance. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > harpy harpy1540 harper1586 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Niv^v Such were the harpies, as Virgil discribith them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 83 Brauely the figure of this Harpie, hast thou Perform'd (my Ariell) a grace it had deuouring. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 403 Both Table and Provision vanish'd quite With sound of Harpies wings, and Talons heard. View more context for this quotation 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 47 His Vices..like so many Harpies, craving for their accustomed Gratification. 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 159 Strangers at my hearth Not welcome, harpies miring every dish. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 263 The Harpies were wind-tossed films of frothy cloud; the Sirens daughters of foam and mist. b. A conventional representation or figure of a harpy, as in Heraldry. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 111^v An Harpie Vert, Wynged de Or. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxvi. 183 The Harpey..should be giuen to such persons as haue committed manslaughter. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The field is, or, a harpy displayed, crined, crowned, and armed, or. 1873 C. Boutell Heraldry Anc. & Mod. 158 Harpy, a fabulous heraldic creature, represented as a vulture with a woman's head and neck. 2. transferred and figurative. A rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > rapacity > rapacious person gorgec1450 sanguisugec1540 horse-leech1546 harpy1589 vulture1605 leech1785 sanguisorb1884 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxviii. 126 Plucke downe those grating Harpies that seduce our King amis. 1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 45 The insolent carriage of Prince Rupert, and his Harpies. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 5 The harpies of taxation. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xviii Was it my mother-in-law, the grasping, odious, abandoned, brazen harpy? 1884 St. James's Gaz. 4 Apr. 4/2 Mr. Commissioner Kerr has begun a crusade against legal ‘harpies’. 3. The harpy-eagle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > harpia harpyia (harpy-eagle) harpy-eagle1830 harpy1838 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 175/2 The harpy is stated to be a solitary bird, frequenting the thickest forests, where it feeds upon the sloths. 1854 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Nat. Hist. II. 697 The Harpies, or Fishing Eagles, with short wings. 4. The moor-buzzard, Circus æruginosus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus aeruginosus (marsh harrier) pittelOE dunkite1533 harp1671 moor-buzzard1678 duck-hawk1812 dun pickle1817 marsh harrier1831 harpy1838 moor harrier1840 moor hawk1885 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 183/1 Circus æruginosus..is the..Moor-Buzzard, Marsh-Harrier, Duck-Hawk, Harpy, and White-headed Harpy. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. V. 252. 5. The harpy-bat n. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as harpy advocate, harpy breed, harpy fury, harpy grin, harpy lawyer, harpy pettifogger, harpy race, harpy raven; harpy-footed, harpy-like adjs.; harpy-monument n. a monument found at Xanthus in Lycia, on which are figures resembling harpies. ΚΠ 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 32 They..vndoe one another, to enrich an Harpy Aduocate. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iv. i. 299 That he be not ouer carelesse or covetous, Harpylike to make a prey of his patient. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 596 Thither by harpy-footed Furies hail'd. View more context for this quotation 1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. viii. 27 Why let in A Train of harpy Sorrows to my Breast? 1767 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Aug. The harpy-lawyers are..disappointed. 1853–78 W. Smith Classical Dict. 298 In the famous Harpy monument recently brought from Lycia to this country, the Harpies are represented in the act of carrying off the daughters of Pandareus. 1866 A. Trollope Claverings xxiv Woman,—altogether of the harpy breed! Derivatives harpyian adj. (erron. harpeian, harpyan) belonging to or characteristic of a harpy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of or relating to harpy harpyian1644 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-Jireh 46 For fear of their Harpeian paws. c1728 E. Prior Lament. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 676 Those harpyan claws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1540
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