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.
- συστέλλεσθαι γὰρ ἀνάγκη τὴν ἀπὸ τροπῶν ἐπὶ τροπὰσ πάροδον αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ διαμένειν τηλικοῦτο μέροσ οὖσαν τοῦ ὁρίζοντοσ ἡλίκον οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λέγουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐλάττονα γίγνεσθαι, ἀεὶ πρὸσ τὰ βόρεια τῶν νοτίων συναγωγὴν λαμβανόντων, καὶ τὸ θέροσ ἡμῖν βραχύτερον καὶ ψυχροτέραν εἶναι τὴν κρᾶσιν , ἐνδοτέρω κάμπτοντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ μειζόνων παραλλήλων ἐφαπτομένου τοῖσ τροπικοῖσ σημείοισ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 42)
- τὸ δὲ ταὐτὸν ἕτερον ἀποφαίνειν ἁμῇ γέ πῃ καὶ τὸ θάτερον ταὐτὸν καὶ τὸ μέγα σμικρὸν καὶ τὸ ὅμοιον ἀνόμοιον, καὶ χαίρειν οὕτω τἀναντία ἀεὶ προφέροντα ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ, οὔτε τισ ἔλεγχοσ οὗτοσ ἀληθινὸσ ἄρτι τε τῶν ὄντων τινὸσ ἐφαπτομένου δῆλοσ νεογενὴσ ὤν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 261:1)
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)