ἁφή, ἡ,
(ἅπτω) lighting, kindling, περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.215, compare “PTeb.” 88.12 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.33, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.31, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.526c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II (ἅπτομαι) touch, ἐπώνυμον δὲ τῶν Διὸς γέννημ᾽ ἁφῶν (Wieseler for γεννημάτων) τέξεις.. Ἔπαφον[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 850. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 sense of touch, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118b1, “de An.” 424a12; ἀκριβεστάτην.. τῶν αἰσθήσεων τὴν ἁφήν [prev. author] “HA” 494b16; ἡ ἁφὴ ἐν ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι παρέσπαρται 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 touch of the harp-strings, metaphorically, ἐμμελοῦς ἁφῆς καὶ κρούσεως[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 15; οὐχὶ συμφώνους ἁφάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.42. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 grip, in wrestling, etc., ἁφὴν ἐνδιδόναι αὑτοῦ[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.86f: _metaphorically_, τοῖς ἀφληταῖς τῆς λέξεως ἰσχυρὰς τὰς ἁ. προσεῖναι δεῖ καὶ ἀφύκτους τὰς λαβάς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 18; ἁφὰς ἔχει καὶ τόνους ἰσχυρούς [prev. author] “Lys.” 13] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἁ. εἶχεν ἡ συνδιαίτησις ἄφυκτον, of [[ Cleopatra, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 27. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]