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  • 1 edāx

        edāx ācis, adj.    [ED-], greedy, voracious, gluttonous, rapacious: hospes: dominus, H.— Devouring, destructive: ignis, V.: imber, H.: curae, gnawing, H.: tempus rerum, O.
    * * *
    edacis (gen.), edacior -or -us, edacissimus -a -um ADJ
    greedy, rapacious, voracious, gluttonous; devouring, consuming, destructive

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  • 2 rapāx

        rapāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [RAP-], tearing, furious, violent: ventus, O.: unda.—Fig., grasping, greedy, rapacious, insatiable: olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax: Cinara, i. e. greedy for presents, H.: lupi, H.: Orcus, H.: domina, Tb.: nihil est rapacius quam natura.
    * * *
    (gen.), rapacis ADJ
    grasping, rapacious

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  • 3 Harpyiae

    Harpyiae (trisyl.;

    scanned as a quadrisyl. Hārpyĭās,

    Rutil. Itin. 1, 608), ārum, f., = Harpuiai (qs. the spoilers).
    I.
    Mythical rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, the Harpies, Verg. A. 3, 212 sq.; 6, 289; Hor. S. 2, 2, 40; Val. Fl. 4, 428; Hyg. Fab. 14.—In sing.:

    Harpyia Celaeno,

    Verg. A. 3, 365.—
    B.
    Transf., in sing., a rapacious person, a harpy, Sid. Ep. 5, 7.—
    II.
    Also in sing., the name of one of Actœon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 215.

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  • 4 rapax

    răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

    olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

    inopiā rapax,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

    id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

    Cinara,

    i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

    cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

    Harpyiae,

    id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
    2.
    Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

    falces rapaces,

    Lucr. 3, 650:

    ventus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

    ignis,

    id. M. 8, 837:

    mors,

    Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

    Orcus,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

    fortuna,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

    dentes,

    fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

    chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

    very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

    amnes,

    Lucr. 5, 341:

    fluvii,

    id. 1, 17:

    unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

    Ov. M. 8, 550:

    Danubius,

    id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

    nihil est rapacius quam natura,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

    rapacia virtutis ingenia,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

    nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

    Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.

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  • 5 Harpȳia

        Harpȳia (trisyl.), ae, f    a Harpy: Celaeno, V. —Usu. plur., *(/arpuiai, the Harpies, rapacious monsters, half bird and half woman, V., H.

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  • 6 mīluīnus (mīlvī-)

        mīluīnus (mīlvī-) adj.    [miluus], resembling a kite, rapacious: pullus.

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  • 7 praedātōrius

        praedātōrius adj.    [praedator], plundering, predatory: manus (militum), marauders, S.: naves, pirate-ships, L.
    * * *
    praedatoria, praedatorium ADJ
    plundering, rapacious; piratical

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  • 8 harpax

    (gen.), harpacis ADJ
    drawing to itself; rapacious

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  • 9 harpyria

    Harpy; rapacious person

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  • 10 accipiter

    accĭpĭter, tris (earlier also tĕris, Prisc. p. 695 P.), m. (f. Lucr. 4, 1006) [com. deriv. from accipio; see 2. acceptor; but cf. ôkupteros, swift-winged], a general name for birds of prey, esp. those of the falcon kind, Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 16; Lucr. 5, 107; Cic. N. D. 3, 19; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The common hawk, Falco Palumbarius, Linn.; Hor. C. 1, 37, 17 sq.; Ov. M. 5, 605 sq.; Col. 8, 4, 6; 3, 8, 4 al.:

    sacer, because auguries were taken from it,

    Verg. A. 11, 721 (cf. Hom. Od. 15, 525 sq.).—
    2.
    The sparrowhawk, Falco Nisus, Linn., used in fowling; Mart. 14, 216.—
    II.
    Transf., of a rapacious man:

    labes populi, pecuniai accipiter,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 5.

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  • 11 edax

    ĕdax, ācis, adj. [1. edo; cf. Sanscr. adakas], voracious, gluttonous.
    I.
    Prop., Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. prol. 38; id. Heaut. prol. 38; Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2 (abl. edaci, as in Ov. M. 15, 354; Val. Fl. 6, 420 et saep.); Hor. S. 2, 2, 92; id. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 11:

    vultur,

    rapacious, id. Am. 2, 6, 33 et saep.— Sup.:

    edacissima animalia,

    Sen. Ep. 60, 2.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., of inanimate and abstr. things, devouring, destroying:

    ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 758; Ov. M. 9, 202; id. F. 4, 785:

    imber,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

    natura,

    Ov. M. 15, 354:

    tempus,

    id. P. 4, 10, 7; cf. with gen.:

    tempus rerum,

    id. M. 15, 234:

    vetustas,

    id. ib. 15, 872:

    curae,

    gnawing, Hor. C. 2, 11, 18 et saep. ‡† edeatroe, qui praesunt regiis epulis, dicti apo tôn edesmatôn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 20 Müll. [edeatroi, seneschals of the table, carvers, v. Lidd. and Scott s. v.].

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  • 12 edeatroe

    ĕdax, ācis, adj. [1. edo; cf. Sanscr. adakas], voracious, gluttonous.
    I.
    Prop., Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. prol. 38; id. Heaut. prol. 38; Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2 (abl. edaci, as in Ov. M. 15, 354; Val. Fl. 6, 420 et saep.); Hor. S. 2, 2, 92; id. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 11:

    vultur,

    rapacious, id. Am. 2, 6, 33 et saep.— Sup.:

    edacissima animalia,

    Sen. Ep. 60, 2.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., of inanimate and abstr. things, devouring, destroying:

    ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 758; Ov. M. 9, 202; id. F. 4, 785:

    imber,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

    natura,

    Ov. M. 15, 354:

    tempus,

    id. P. 4, 10, 7; cf. with gen.:

    tempus rerum,

    id. M. 15, 234:

    vetustas,

    id. ib. 15, 872:

    curae,

    gnawing, Hor. C. 2, 11, 18 et saep. ‡† edeatroe, qui praesunt regiis epulis, dicti apo tôn edesmatôn, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 20 Müll. [edeatroi, seneschals of the table, carvers, v. Lidd. and Scott s. v.].

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  • 13 harpago

    1.
    harpăgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [harpazô], to rob, plunder (Plautin.):

    aurum mihi intus harpagatum est,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 11; id. Ps. 1, 2, 6; 4, 2, 2.
    2.
    harpăgo ōnis, m. [harpagê], 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.

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  • 14 Harpax

    1.
    harpax, ăgis, adj., = harpax, drawing to itself, rapacious. — Lit., of amber and brimstone:

    in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat,

    Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37;

    so of sulphur,

    id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).
    2.
    Harpax, ăgis, m. [harpax], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq. —Also in voc.:

    Harpage,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.

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  • 15 harpax

    1.
    harpax, ăgis, adj., = harpax, drawing to itself, rapacious. — Lit., of amber and brimstone:

    in Syria feminas verticillos inde (i. e. ex electro) facere et vocari harpaga, quia folia paleasque et vestium fimbrias rapiat,

    Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37;

    so of sulphur,

    id. 35, 15, 50, § 176 (the correct reading, see Sillig ad h. l.).
    2.
    Harpax, ăgis, m. [harpax], the name of a slave, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 58 sq.; 4, 2, 53 sq. —Also in voc.:

    Harpage,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 70.

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  • 16 miluina

    milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

    plumae,

    Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—
    B.
    Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

    ungulae,

    i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—
    II.
    Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.
    * A.
    (Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—
    B.
    (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

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  • 17 miluinus

    milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

    plumae,

    Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—
    B.
    Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

    ungulae,

    i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—
    II.
    Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.
    * A.
    (Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—
    B.
    (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

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  • 18 miluus

    miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pulmentum ei deripuit miluos... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28:

    miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of rapacious men, a kite:

    male ego metuo miluos,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—Prov.:

    dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret,

    so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A fish of prey, a gurnard:

    (metuit) opertum miluus hamum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—
    B.
    A constellation:

    stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus,

    Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.

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  • 19 milvina

    milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

    plumae,

    Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—
    B.
    Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

    ungulae,

    i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—
    II.
    Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.
    * A.
    (Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—
    B.
    (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

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  • 20 milvinus

    milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the kite (class.):

    plumae,

    Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—
    B.
    Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious:

    ungulae,

    i. e. a thief's clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite's foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.—
    II.
    Subst.: miluīna ( milvīna), ae, f.
    * A.
    (Sc. fames.) A kite's, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).—
    B.
    (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

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