harpie - tradução para Inglês
HALF-HUMAN AND HALF-BIRD PERSONIFICATION OF STORM WINDS FROM GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY GENERALLY DEPICTED AS BIRDS WITH THE HEADS OF MAIDENS
Harpies; Harpy (Greek mythology); Harpie; Harpyiai; Okypode; Acholoe; Άρπυια; Harpys; Bird Monster; Bird monster; Jungfrauenadler; Harpier; Harpuiai
![Greater coat of arms of the city of [[Nuremberg]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DEU Nürnberg COA (groß).svg?width=200 "Greater coat of arms of the city of [[Nuremberg]]")
![Harpies in the infernal wood, from ''Inferno'' XIII, by [[Gustave Doré]], 1861.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DVinfernoForestOfSuicides m.jpg?width=200 "Harpies in the infernal wood, from ''Inferno'' XIII, by [[Gustave Doré]], 1861.")
![A harpy in [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]]'s ''Monstrorum Historia'', Bologna, 1642.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harpij - I.I Schipper 1660, graveur Matthius Merian, naar J.Jonstons' "Naekeurige Beschryvingh van de Natuur".jpg?width=200 "A harpy in [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]]'s ''Monstrorum Historia'', Bologna, 1642.")
![A [[medieval]] depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harpyie.JPG?width=200 "A [[medieval]] depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman.")
![Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11–12th century CE, [[Termez]], Uzbekistan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11-12th century, Termez, Uzbekistan.jpg?width=200 "Mirror with figure of a Harpy, 11–12th century CE, [[Termez]], Uzbekistan")
harpie
n. Harpy; termagant
vieille harpie
n. harridan, old harpy, hag
vieille sorcière
n. beldam, hag, old harpy
Definição
harpy
¦ noun (plural harpies)
1. Greek & Roman Mythology a rapacious monster usually depicted with a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws.
2. a grasping or unpleasant woman.
Origin
ME: from L. harpyia, from Gk harpuiai 'snatchers'.
Wikipédia
Harpy
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia) is a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.
Exemplos de pronúncia para harpie
1. Can we move on to like,
harpies or manticores or something?
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Exemplos do corpo de texto para harpie
1. Une harpie, en somme, pour ceux qui lisaient seulement en cette survivante l‘absence inacceptable de son homme.
2. Sir Willard White n‘a plus la vaillance de ses jeunes années, mais les fęlures de Wotan sont enti';rement lŕ. La jeune soprano danoise Eva Johansson aborde vaillamment Brünnhilde, face ŕ une Fricka (Lilli Paasikivi) moins harpie que subtile et raisonneuse.