ἐφάπτω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐφάπτω
ἐφάψω
ἐφῆμμαι
Structure:
ἐπ
(Prefix)
+
ά̔πτ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to bind on
- to lay hold of, to lay hold of, reach with the mind, attain
- (with dative) to apply oneself to
- (perfect passive participle) possessed of
- to be connected with
- to follow, come next
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- εἰ τριῶν ὄντων ὧν νυνδὴ ἐλέγομεν, ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ καὶ μήτε ἀγαθοῦ μήτε κακοῦ, τὰ δύο λειφθείη, τὸ δὲ κακὸν ἐκποδὼν ἀπέλθοι καὶ μηδενὸσ ἐφάπτοιτο μήτε σώματοσ μήτε ψυχῆσ μήτε τῶν ἄλλων, ἃ δή φαμεν αὐτὰ καθ’ αὑτὰ οὔτε κακὰ εἶναι οὔτε ἀγαθά, ἆρα τότε οὐδὲν ἂν ἡμῖν χρήσιμον εἰή τὸ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλ’ ἄχρηστον ἂν γεγονὸσ εἰή; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 190:1)
- πληρώσεώσ γ’ ἄρα πῄ τι τῶν τοῦ διψῶντοσ ἂν ἐφάπτοιτο. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 147:7)
- εἴπομεν, εἰ μεμνήμεθα, κατ’ ἀρχὰσ τῶν λόγων, ὡσ ἡ φύσισ ἁπάντων τῶν νέων διάπυροσ οὖσα ἡσυχίαν οὐχ οἱά τε ἄγειν οὔτε κατὰ τὸ σῶμα οὔτε κατὰ τὴν φωνὴν εἰή, φθέγγοιτο δ’ ἀεὶ ἀτάκτωσ καὶ πηδῷ, τάξεωσ δ’ αἴσθησιν τούτων ἀμφοτέρων, τῶν ἄλλων μὲν ζῴων οὐδὲν ἐφάπτοιτο, ἡ δὲ ἀνθρώπου φύσισ ἔχοι μόνη τοῦτο· (Plato, Laws, book 2 75:2)
Synonyms
-
to bind on
-
to lay hold of
-
to apply oneself to
-
possessed of
-
to be connected with
-
to follow
Derived
- ἀνάπτω (bind or make fast to, moor, form a close connection with)
- ἅπτω (I kindle, set on fire, fasten fire to)
- ἀφάπτω (to fasten from or upon, to tie, on a string)
- ἐνάπτω (to bind on or to, to be fitted with, clad in)
- ἐναφάπτω (to fasten up in)
- ἐξάπτω (to fasten from, to, to let)
- καθάπτω (to fasten, fix or put upon, fastened)
- παράπτω (to fasten beside, fitted to, plied)
- περιάπτω (to tie, fasten, hang about or upon)
- περικαθάπτω (to fasten or hang on all round)
- προσάπτω (to fasten or attach to, attribute, to fix upon)
- συνάπτω (I join together, connect.)
- συνεφάπτομαι (to take part in, those who take part in, to join)
- ὑφάπτω (to set on fire from underneath, to inflame unperceived)