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.
- τοῦτο δὲ μεριστὸν καὶ πλανητόν, ἅτε δὴ φερομένησ καὶ σκεδαννυμένησ ἐφαπτόμενον ὕλησ. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 4 9:1)
- καὶ νῦν, ἑτερότητοσ ἅμα καὶ ταὐτότητοσ ἐφαπτόμενον. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 5 13:1)
- "ὡσ σεβομένῳ γάρ σοι τὰ τόθ’ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν λεγόμενα προσέπεσεν ἐπιθύμημα ἀφυσιολόγητον τοῦ περιπλακῆναι ἡμῖν γονάτων ἐφαπτόμενον καὶ πάσησ τῆσ εἰθισμένησ ἐπιλήψεωσ γίγνεσθαι, κατὰ τὰσ σεβάσεισ τιμῶν καὶ λιτάσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 17 9:1)
- τὸ γὰρ νοερὸν ἡ φύσισ ἔχουσα καὶ τὸ δοξαστικὸν εἶχεν, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνο μὲν ἀκίνητον ἀπαθὲσ καὶ περὶ τὴν ἀεὶ μένουσαν ἱδρυμένον οὐσίαν, τοῦτο δὲ μεριστὸν καὶ πλανητόν, ἅτε δὴ φερομένησ καὶ σκεδαννυμένησ ἐφαπτόμενον ὕλησ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 23 9:1)
- ἑφαπτὸμενον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 24 15:1)
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)