harpe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →harpe, harpes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
curved sword, scimitar; sickle; marine bird of prey (unidentified);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hunc stratioticum nuntium advenientem probe percutiam. HARP. Ostium pultabo atque intus evocabo aliquem foras. PS. Quisquis es, compendium..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Perseus et inermia frustra bracchia tendentem Cyllenide confodit harpe. Verum ubi virtutem turbae succumbere vidit, 'auxilium' Perseus, 'quoniam..."