θίξις

θίξις, εως, ἡ,

• touching, Hp. Mul. 1.40, Arist. GA 751a19, Ph. 202a7, Gal. 15.45, S.E. P. 3.56, al.; ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξιν as far as the Red Sea, which it touches, Vett.Val. 12.20, cf. 13.19; ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμός a scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii A.D.), cf. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.577 (where θῆξιν).
• • II metaph., apprehension of the mind, Plot. 5.3.10: pl., Procl. in Prm. p.628 S.