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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

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφάπτω	ἐφάπτεις	ἐφάπτει
	Dual		ἐφάπτετον	ἐφάπτετον
	Plural	ἐφάπτομεν	ἐφάπτετε	ἐφάπτουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφάπτω	ἐφάπτῃς	ἐφάπτῃ
	Dual		ἐφάπτητον	ἐφάπτητον
	Plural	ἐφάπτωμεν	ἐφάπτητε	ἐφάπτωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐφάπτοιμι	ἐφάπτοις	ἐφάπτοι
	Dual		ἐφάπτοιτον	ἐφαπτοίτην
	Plural	ἐφάπτοιμεν	ἐφάπτοιτε	ἐφάπτοιεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐφάπτε	ἐφαπτέτω
	Dual		ἐφάπτετον	ἐφαπτέτων
	Plural		ἐφάπτετε	ἐφαπτόντων, ἐφαπτέτωσαν
Infinitive		ἐφάπτειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐφαπτων ἐφαπτοντος	ἐφαπτουσα ἐφαπτουσης	ἐφαπτον ἐφαπτοντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφάπτομαι	ἐφάπτει, ἐφάπτῃ	ἐφάπτεται
	Dual		ἐφάπτεσθον	ἐφάπτεσθον
	Plural	ἐφαπτόμεθα	ἐφάπτεσθε	ἐφάπτονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐφάπτωμαι	ἐφάπτῃ	ἐφάπτηται
	Dual		ἐφάπτησθον	ἐφάπτησθον
	Plural	ἐφαπτώμεθα	ἐφάπτησθε	ἐφάπτωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐφαπτοίμην	ἐφάπτοιο	ἐφάπτοιτο
	Dual		ἐφάπτοισθον	ἐφαπτοίσθην
	Plural	ἐφαπτοίμεθα	ἐφάπτοισθε	ἐφάπτοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐφάπτου	ἐφαπτέσθω
	Dual		ἐφάπτεσθον	ἐφαπτέσθων
	Plural		ἐφάπτεσθε	ἐφαπτέσθων, ἐφαπτέσθωσαν
Infinitive		ἐφάπτεσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐφαπτομενος ἐφαπτομενου	ἐφαπτομενη ἐφαπτομενης	ἐφαπτομενον ἐφαπτομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓φηπτον	έ̓φηπτες	έ̓φηπτεν*
	Dual		ἐφῆπτετον	ἐφήπτετην
	Plural	ἐφῆπτομεν	ἐφῆπτετε	έ̓φηπτον
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐφήπτομην	ἐφῆπτου	ἐφῆπτετο
	Dual		ἐφῆπτεσθον	ἐφήπτεσθην
	Plural	ἐφήπτομεθα	ἐφῆπτεσθε	ἐφῆπτοντο

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.

Examples

ΣΥΝΕΒΗ δὲ καὶ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὺσ μετὰ τῆσ μητρὸσ συλληφθέντασ ἀναγκάζεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀθεμίτων ὑείων κρεῶν ἐφάπτεσθαι μάστιξι καὶ νευραῖσ αἰκιζομένουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:1)
οὐ γὰρ μόνον οὐκ ἴσχυσε τοῦτο παρ’ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ κἄν ποτε διεγεῖραι βουληθῇ τὴν φράσιν, ὀλίγον ἐμπνεύσασ ὥσπερ ἀπόγειοσ αὖρα ταχέωσ σβέννυται μακρότεροσ γὰρ γίνεται τοῦ δέοντοσ ἐν πολλοῖσ, καὶ τοῦ πρέποντοσ οὐχ ὡσ Ἡρόδοτοσ ἐφάπτεται τῶν προσώπων εὐτυχῶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐν πολλοῖσ ὀλίγωρόσ ἐστιν, ἄν τισ ὀρθῶσ σκοπῇ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 4:1)
ἵστημ’, ἐπεί γε τοῦδ’ ἐφάπτομαι τόπου. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue20)
"τὴν τοῦ κόσμου’ φησὶν ἀνακυκλουμένην αὐτὴν πρὸσ ἑαυτήν, ὅταν οὐσίαν σκεδαστὴν ἔχοντόσ τινοσ ἐφάπτηται καὶ ὅταν ἀμέριστον, λέγειν κινουμένην διὰ πάσησ ἑαυτῆσ, ὅτῳ ἄν τι ταὐτὸν καὶ ὅτου ἂν ἕτερον, πρὸσ ὅτι τε μάλιστα καὶ ὅπη καὶ ὅπωσ συμβαίνει, καὶ τὰ γιγνόμενα πρὸσ ἕκαστον ἕκαστα εἶναι καὶ πάσχειν. (Plutarch, Compendium libri de animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 4 3:1)
ἀπορρήτων ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῖσ ὀνόμασι καὶ τοῖσ ῥήμασιν, ἀλλ’ ἀποκειμένων καὶ κεκρυμμένων ἐπινοεῖν τὴν πρὸσ τὸ γεννᾶν καὶ λοχεύεσθαι τῶν μορίων ἐκείνων εὐφυϊάν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 6:1)

Synonyms

to bind on
- συνδέω (to bind up)
- ἐπιδεσμεύω (to bind up)
- ὑπερδέω (to bind over)
- ἀποδέω (to bind fast)
- πακτόω (to bind fast)
- ἐνζεύγνυμι (to bind fast)
- ἐγκαταδέω (to bind fast in)
- ὁρκόω (to bind by oath)
- προσδέω (to bind on or to attach)
- δίδημι (to bind, fetter)
to lay hold of
- ἀνθάπτομαι (to lay hold of, grapple with, engage in)
- ἀντιλαμβάνω (to lay hold of, to gain or reach)
- ἐφικνέομαι (to reach, gain, attain to)
- ἐπιτυγχάνω (to attain to, reach, gain)
to apply oneself to
- προσάπτω (to apply)
- παρατείνω (to apply)
- παρεισφέρω (to apply besides)
- ἐπινωμάω (to bring or apply to)
- συνεπιφέρω (to join in applying)
- ἐπάγω (to lay on or apply, lay, to it)
- συνεμβάλλω (to help in applying)
possessed of
- φορέω (to have, possess)
- γηοχέω (to possess land)
- κατέχω (to be possessed, inspired)
- ἐγκτάομαι (to acquire possessions in)
- ἴσχω (to hold or have in possession, to have, to have)
to be connected with
- διαφύομαι (to be closely connected with)
- συνίστημι (to be connected or allied)
- συνάπτω (I join together, connect.)
to follow
- ἐπιβάλλω (to follow, come next)
- μετέρχομαι (to go to another place, to come next, follow)
- ἐκδέχομαι (to come next)
- ὑποδέχομαι (to come next to, border upon)

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)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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ἐφάπτω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to bind on

to lay hold of

to apply oneself to

possessed of

to be connected with

to follow

Derived

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ἐφάπτω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to bind on

to lay hold of

to apply oneself to

possessed of

to be connected with

to follow

Derived

Similar forms

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