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ψηλαφάω

ψηλαφάω, to feel

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ψηλαφῶντα present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular of ψηλαφάω

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ψηλᾰφ-άω, mostly used in pres.: fut. -ήσω LXX Za. 9.13: aor. ἐψηλάφησα ib. Ge. 27.22:—Pass., fut. ψηλαφηθήσομαι ib. Na. 3.1: aor. ἐψηλαφήθην S.E. M. 8.108, Plu. Exil. 2.599c:—
  • feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Ep. for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, Od. 9.416; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] Ar. Ec. 315; ψηλαφῶντες . . ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει Pl. Phd. 99b: metaph., ψ. περί τινων Phld. D. 1.14.
      • 2 c. acc. rei, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pax 691; εἰ . . ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (sc. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν Act.Ap. 17.27.
    • II feel, touch, handle, stroke, Poll. 1.183; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, LXX Ge. 27.12, cf. Ev.Luc. 24.39; ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις Arist. HA 571a33; esp. in Medic., of uterine examination, Hp. Mul. 1.40, al.:—Pass., ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος . . ἥδεται X. Eq. 2.4; [ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι Arist. HA 560a9.
    • III metaph., test, examine, τὸν ν Plb. 8.29.8; τὸν οἶνον Gp. 7.5.1; πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν Plb. 8.16.4; τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.589b; εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ. ib. Amat. 766a:—Pass., S.E. l.c., τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπʼ Ἀντιόχου the attempts made by . ., J. AJ 13.9.2.

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