ἐφάπτω?
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration: ephaptō
Principal Part:
ἐφάπτω
ἐφάψω
ἐφῆμμαι
Structure:
ἐπ
(Prefix)
+
ἅπτ
(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.
- 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
-
to lay hold of
-
to apply oneself to
-
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
-
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)
