- Touch
- subs.Sense of: P. ἁφή, ἡ, ἐπαφή, ἡ.Blow: P. and V. πληγή, ἡ.A touch of, met.: use τι, e. g., a touch of suspicion: P. and V. ὑπονοίας τι.Be in touch with: P. and V. ὁμιλεῖν (dat.).Get into touch with (an enemy): P. and V. ὁμόσε χωρεῖν (dat.).Bring into touch with, adapt: P. and V. προσαρμόζειν; see {{U}}Adapt.Put the finishing touch to: see under {{U}}Finishing.——————v. trans.P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.) (Plat.), V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (also Xen.), προσθιγγάνειν (gen.), ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.), προσψαύειν (absol.), ποτιψαύειν (absol.), χρώζειν (acc.) (Eur., Phoen. 1625).met., affect, move: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀνθάπτεσθαι (gen.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), ψαύειν (gen.); see {{U}}Affect.Overcome: P. κατακλᾶν, P. and V. θέλγειν (Plat. but rare P.), τέγγειν (Plat. but rare P.), V. νικᾶν.Soften: V. μαλθάσσειν, Ar. and V. μαλάσσειν.Take in hand: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.). Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.). V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (also Xen. but rare P.), προσθιγγάνειν (gen.), ψαύειν (gen.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.).Touch at, put in at: P. and V. προσσχεῖν (2nd aor. of προσέχειν) (dat. or εἰς, acc. or V. acc. alone). P. σχεῖν (2nd aor. of ἔχειν) (dat. or πρός. acc.), V. ψαύειν (gen.) (Eur., Or. 369); see under put in.Touch on: see touch upon.Border on: P. ἔχεσθαι (gen.).Touch up, work up: Ar. and P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι.
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.
