harpy

• n.鳥の体の妖女、残酷で貪欲な人

ギリシャ神話に登場する人頭鳥身のバンシーで、文字通り捕食者、略奪者。語源はPIE *rep（奪う、引き裂く）で、rip（裂く）、rob（奪う）、rupture（引き裂く）と同じ。

harpy (n.)

winged monster of ancient mythology, late 14c., from Old French harpie (14c.), from Latin harpyia, from Greek Harpyia (plural), literally "snatchers," which is probably related to harpazein "to snatch" (see rapid (adj.)). Metaphoric extension to "repulsively greedy person" is c. 1400.

In Homer they are merely personified storm winds, who were believed to have carried off any person that had suddenly disappeared. In Hesiod they are fair-haired and winged maidens who surpass the winds in swiftness, and are called Aello and Ocypete; but in later writers they are represented as disgusting monsters, with heads like maidens, faces pale with hunger, and claws like those of birds. The harpies ministered to the gods as the executors of vengeance. ["American Cyclop?dia," 1874]

1. To their utter amazement，this seeming harpy spoke to them.

彼らを驚かせたのは、この鳥の身の女妖のようなものが彼らに話をしているように見えることだった。

2.The Harpy is a unique weapon system with features of both UAV and cruise missile.

「ハービー」はUAVと巡航ミサイルの特徴を持つユニークな兵器システムである。

3.A moustached man unwittingly saves a harpy from being drowned in a fountain.

八字胡を残した男が何気なく噴水の中で鳥の体の女妖を助けた。