ἐφάπτω (ephaptō)
ephaptō
to attach to
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1. to bind on or to , λύουσα ἢ ' φάπτουσα undoing or making fast , (Sophocles Tragicus); τοὖργον ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε that she had made fast (i. e. perpetrated) the deed, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Pass., 3rd singular perfect and pluperfect ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, impends over, is fixed as one's doom , with dative, Τρώεσσι κήδεe ἐφῆπται (Iliad by Homer)
2. Mid. to lay hold of, grasp, reach , with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer)
3. to lay hold of with the mind, attain to , Lat. assequi, with genitive, (Plato Philosophus)
4. in (Pindar) also with dative (like θιγγάνω, ψαύω); to apply oneself to.
5. (Herdotus Historicus) uses participle perfect passive with genitive, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος possessed of a certain degree of beauty.
6. to follow, come next , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
2. Mid. to lay hold of, grasp, reach , with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer)
3. to lay hold of with the mind, attain to , Lat. assequi, with genitive, (Plato Philosophus)
4. in (Pindar) also with dative (like θιγγάνω, ψαύω); to apply oneself to.
5. (Herdotus Historicus) uses participle perfect passive with genitive, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος possessed of a certain degree of beauty.
6. to follow, come next , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)