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ἐπαφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαφή

Structure: ἐπαφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pafa/w

Sense

  1. touch, touching, handling

Declension

First declension

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

  • σταγόνεσ μὲν γὰρ ὕδατοσ πέτρασ κοιλαίνουσι, σίδηροσ δὲ καὶ χαλκὸσ ταῖσ ἐπαφαῖσ τῶν χειρῶν ἐκτρίβονται, οἱ δ’ ἁρμάτειοι τροχοὶ πόνῳ καμφθέντεσ οὐδ’ ἂν εἴ τι γένοιτο τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ δύναιντ’ ἀναλαβεῖν εὐθυωρίαν· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 4 8:2)
  • Ἵππαρχοσ ἀκτῖνάσ φησιν ἀφ’ ἑκατέρου τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἀποτεινομένασ τοῖσ πέρασιν αὑτῶν οἱο͂ν χειρῶν ἐπαφαῖσ περικαθαπτούσασ τοῖσ ἐκτὸσ σώμασι τὴν ἀντίληψιν αὐτῶν πρὸσ τὸ ὁρατικὸν ἀποδιδόναι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. touch

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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