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ἐφάπτω

ἐφάπτω, to bind on, mid. touch

ἐφάπτ-ω, Ion. ἐπάπτω,
  • bind on or to, πότμον ἐφάψαις ὀρφανόν having fixed it as his doom, Pi. O. 9.60; τί δʼ . . ἐγὼ λύουσʼ ἂν ἢ ʼφάπτουσα προσθείμην πλέον; what should I gain by undoing or by making fast [Creon’s command]? v.l. in S. Ant. 40; ἔγνω . . τοὔργον κατʼ ὀργὴν ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε he knew that she had made fast (i.e. perpetrated) the deed, Id. Tr. 933:—Pass., 3 sg. pf. and plpf. ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, fixed as oneʼs fate or doom, c. dat. pers., Τρώεσσι κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται Il. 2.15, cf. 6.241; Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατʼ ἐφῆπται 7.402, cf. Od. 22.41; ἐφῆπτο ib. 33; ἀθανάτοισιν ἔρις καὶ νεῖκος ἐφῆπται Il. 21.513.
    • II Med., aor. 1 ἐφηψάμην, 3 sg. ἐφάψατο Pi. P. 8.63; lay hold of, once in Hom., ἐπὴν χείρεσσιν ἐφάψεαι ἠπείροιο Od. 5.348, cf. Thgn. 6, A. Supp. 412, etc.; ἱκέτης ἔφαψαι πατρός S. Aj. 1172, etc.; ξίφους E. El. 1225 (lyr.); partake of food, Iamb. VP 3.17; treat, ἰατρῶν δίκην ἐ. Philostr. VA 8.7; ἐπεί γε τοῦδʼ ἐφάπτομαι τόπου reach it, E. Hel. 556; σκοπιᾶς ἐφάψασθαι ποδοῖν Pi. N. 9.47.
        • b Geom., touch, Euc. 3 Def. 3, etc.; in Arist., of a circle, pass through angular points, Mete. 376b9; of a point, lie on a circle as locus, ib. 376a6.
        • c as law-term, c. gen., claim as oneʼs property, S. OC 859, Pl. Lg. 915c, GDI 1883.17 (Delph.), Milet. 3 No.140.29: c. dat., GDI 1780.8 (Delph.).
        • d generally, lay violent hands upon, τοίχου, ἱματίου, Pl. R. 574d.
      • 2 lay hold of or reach with the mind, attain to, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Id. Smp. 212a; ἐ. τινὸς μνήμῃ, αἰσθήσει, Id. Phdr. 253a, Phd. 65d; ἐ. ἀμφοῖν τῇ ψυχῇ Id. Tht. 190c (c. acc., dub. in Lg. 664e); ἐ. λόγων touch upon, meddle with, Pi. O. 9.12; ζητημάτων Pl. Lg. 891c; apply oneself to, ἐξηγήσεως Gal. 16.558.
      • 3 c. dat. rei, apply oneself to, ἔπεσι, τέχναις, κελεύθοις ζωᾶς, Pi. O. 1.86, P. 8.63, N. 8.36.
      • 4 c. gen. rei, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος possessing a certain degree of beauty, Hdt. 1.199, 8.105; τὰ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἁπάσης ταύτης τῆς ἕξεως ἐφαπτόμενα [σώματα] bodies possessing all these qualities in moderation, Pl. Lg. 728e; θηριώδους καὶ ἀλόγου μᾶλλον ἢ λογικῆς ἐφάπτεσθαι δοκεῖ φωνῆς, of the sibilant s, D.H. Comp. 14.
      • 5 follow, come next, f.l. for ἐφεψάσθω, Theoc. 9.2.
    • III Pass., to be kindled: hence, blush, Id. 14.23.

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