ψηλᾰφ-άω,
mostly used in present: future -ήσω[[ LXX.Zech.9.13: ] LXX]aorist ἐψηλάφησα[[LXX.Gen.27.22:—] LXX]passive, future ψηλαφηθήσομαι[[LXX.Nah.3.1 ] LXX]: aorist ἐψηλαφήθην [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.108, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.599c] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Epic dialect for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.416 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 315; ψηλαφῶντες.. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99b: _metaphorically_, ψ. περί τινων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative of things, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 691 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν [[ NT.Act.17.27. ] NT]
__II feel, touch, handle, stroke, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.183 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob, [[ LXX.Gen.27.12, cf. NT.Luke.24.39; ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 571a33 ] LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]; especially in in Medicine texts, of uterine examination, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.40, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος.. ἥδεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 2.4; [ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]