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Ἁρπαλέος · grasping, greedy (α 4000) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α4000

α3996perfume, arable land
α3997an ailment differs from a disease
α3998indisposition, sickness
α3999I snatch
α4000grasping, greedy
α4001Harpalex
α4002handball, snatchball
α4003bow-strings
α4004(to) threads

Suda/Α alpha/α4000

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Ἁρπαλέος

grasping, greedy

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Apr 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

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13 words

Translation

[Meaning] one who is covetous.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Harpaleian monies'.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁρπαλέος· ὁ ἐπιθυμητικός. καὶ Ἁρπάλεια χρήματα.

Betacode

*(arpale/os: o( e)piqumhtiko/s. kai\ *(arpa/leia xrh/mata.

Notes

[1] The connection between this phrase and the beginning of the entry is purely fortuitous. Harpalos is a proper name, that of the fugitive treasurer (and boyhood friend) of Alexander the Great, who absconded to Greece -- eventually to Athens -- in 324 BCE with a large sum of money; the disappearance of this money from its place of safekeeping on the acropolis then gave rise to prosecutions of prominent Athenians thought to have embezzled it, including Demosthenes. On the phrase "Harpaleian monies", specifically, see D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 383; and on the Harpalos Affair in general, A.B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire: the reign of Alexander the Great (Cambridge 1988) 215-220.

Linked from1 entry

α285ἈγνώνειοςHagnoneian, HagnonianThe son of [H]agnon. Also [sc. attested is] [H]agnonides.

Neighbouring entries

α3998Ἀρρωστίαindisposition, sickness α3999ἉρπάζωI snatch α4000Ἁρπαλέοςgrasping, greedy α4001ἉρπάληξHarpalex α4002Ἁρπαστὸνhandball, snatchball

Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Aug 2015

31 Aug 2015Revised — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2001modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁρπαλέος (Adler number alpha 4000), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 5 Apr 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4000

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗