θίξις,εως,ἡ,
A. touching, Hp. Mul. 1.40 , Arist. GA 751a19 , Ph. 202a7 , Gal. 15.45 , S.E. P. 3.56 ,al.;ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξινas far as the Red Sea,which it touches, Vett.Val. 12.20 , cf. 13.19 ;ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμόςa scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, Arch.Pap. 4.270
(iii A.D.), cf. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.577 (whereθῆξιν).
II. metaph.,apprehensionof the mind, Plot. 5.3.10 : pl., Procl. in Prm. p.628S.