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ἐφάπτω (ephaptō) to attach to ^G:V

ἐφάπτω-ω,

Ionic dialect ἐπάπτω, bind on or to, πότμον ἐφάψαις ὀρφανόν having fixed it as his doom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽.. ἐγὼ λύουσ᾽ ἂν ἢ 'φάπτουσα προσθείμην πλέο; what should I gain by undoing or by making fast [[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔγνω.. τοὔργον κατ᾽ ὀργὴν ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε he knew that she had made fast (i.e. perpetrated) the deed, [Refs] —passive, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, fixed as one's fate or doom, with dative person, Τρώεσσι κήδἐ ἐφῆπται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐφῆπτο[Refs 8th c.BC+]

__II middle, aorist 1 ἐφηψάμην, 3rd.pers. singular ἐφάψατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lay hold of, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; partake of food, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; treat, ἰατρῶν δίκην ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπεί γε τοῦδ᾽ ἐφάπτωομαι τόπου reach it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b Geometry texts, touch, [Refs 4th c.BC+], of a circle, pass through angular points, [Refs]; of a point, lie on a circle as locus, [Refs]
__II.c as lawterm, c.genitive, claim as one's property, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.d generally, lay violent hands upon, τοίχου, ἱματίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 lay hold of or reach with the mind, attain to, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς [Refs]; ἐ. τινὸς μνήμῃ, αἰσθήσει, [Refs]; ἐ. λόγων touch upon, meddle with, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; apply oneself to, ἐξηγήσεως [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 with dative of things, apply oneself to, ἔπεσι, τέχναις, κελεύθοις ζωᾶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 with genitive of things, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος possessing a certain degree of beauty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἁπάσης ταύτης τῆς ἕξεως ἐφαπτόμενα [σώματα] bodies possessing all these qualities in moderation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θηριώδους καὶ ἀλόγου μᾶλλον ἢ λογικῆς ἐφάπτωεσθαι δοκεῖ φωνῆς, of the sibilants, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.5 follow, come next, falsa lectio for{ἐφεψάσθω}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III passive, to be kindled: hence, blush, [Refs]