touch,
ψαύω, Ep.
impf.
A.
ψαῦον
Il. 13.132
;ψαύεσκον(ἐπι-) Orph. L. 126 :fut.
ψαύσω
A. Ch. 182
, etc.:aor.
ἔψαυσα
Pi. N. 5.42
, etc.:pf. ἔψαυκα(παρ-) S.E. M. 7.116 :— Pass. ,aor.
ἐψαύσθην
Dsc. 2.14
:pf. ἔψαυσμαι(παρ-) Hp. Morb. 4.44 :—touch, τινος
Il. 23.519 , 806 , Hdt. 2.47 . etc.; ἁπτόμενοι καὶ ψ. ἀλλήλων in close contact,
Plu. Pyrrh. 12
: metaph., μὴ ψαύειν ἀδικίας ὃν τρόπον οὐδὲ πυρός
Phld. Rh. 2.155S.
: c. dat. instr.,ψαῦον . . κόρυθες . . φάλοισιthe helmetstouched withtheirφάλοι,
Il. 13.132 , 16.216 ; τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ψ.
Hdt. 3.30
; χεροῖν . . ἔψαυσα πηγῆς
A. Pers. 202
; εἰ τῆσδε χώρας μήποτε ψαύσει ποδί
Id. Ch. 182
: but the dat. is used for the gen. in Pi. P. 9.120 , Herod. 4.75 , Q.S. 8.349 (cf. θιγγάνω
11.3
,προσψαύω):—ψαύωnever takes acc. exc. in αἵματι ψαῦσαι θύρας
Ezek. Exag. 158
: in S. Ant. 857 ,ἔψαυσας ἀλγεινοτάτας ἐμοὶ μερίμνας, πατρὸς τριπόλιστον οἶκτον( v.l. οἶτον ), μερίμναςis gen. sg. andοἶκτονorοἶτονis acc. depending onἔψαυσας . . μερίμνας,
= ἐποίησάς με μεριμνᾶν; and ib. 961 ,κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις,the construction isἐπέγνω τὸν θεόν, ψαύων(sc.αὐτοῦ) he learned to know the god,assailing(him): later writers used the Pass. as if the Act. had a trans. sense, Dsc. l. c., Plu. 2.951d .
2. touch lightly.a way of feeling the pulse, opp.θλίβω,
Gal. 8.808 : metaph.,touch upona subject,noticeitslightly,
Plb. 1.13.8 :— Med. , c. acc. rei,touch
lightly upona subject, Gal. 18(1).331 .
3. touch as an enemy, lay hands upon, τινος
E. IA 1559 : abs., κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας
A. Supp. 925
, cf. S. OC 856 .
4. touch, affect,
οὐ γὰρ ἄκρας καρδίας ἔψαυσέ μου
E. Hec. 242
.
5. reach, gain,
ὕμνων
Pi. N. 5.42
; ψ. Ἀφροδίτας
Id. O. 6.35
: abs.,hit the mark,
AP 7.428.11 ( Mel. ).
6. Math.,ἐπίπεδα ψαύοντα tangentplanes, Archim. Con.Sph. 17 .
II. rarely in Pass. ,to be touched,of the star-fish, ἐνδίδωσι τὸ σῶμα καὶ περιορᾷ ψαυόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν παρατρεχόντων
Plu. 2.978b
, cf. 951d (if the comma be placed before, not after,οὐσίας); ὅσοι ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀμινναίων(sc.οἴνων)ψαύονται κεφαλῆςthose whoare affectedin the head . . , Dsc. 5.19 .—The word is very rare in early Prose, Antipho 3.3.5 , X. Mem. 1.4.12 : freq. later, Plb. 1.13.8 , al., Plu. 2.589f , al.
