ἐξάπτω,
fasten from or (as we say) to, πεῖσμα νεὸς.. κίονος ἐξάψας μεγάλης having fastened it to a pillar, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.466, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.51; ἐ. τι χροός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1220; τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Πειραιῶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 19; ἐ. τι ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64; ἀπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.7; also ἐ. ἐκ τοῦ νηοῦ σχοινίον ἐς τὸ τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26; ἐξάψας διὰ τῆς θυρίδος τὸ καλῴδιον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 379:] Refs 8th c.BC+] — passive, περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐξῆμμαι πηνίκην τινά I have a wig fastened on my head, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 898 (assuming variant). ] Refs]
__2 metaphorically, ἐ. στόματος λιτάς let prayers fall from one's mouth, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 383 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς τύχης ἐ. τὰ πραττόμενα consider actions as dependent upon chance, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 6 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐ. τὴν διαδοχὴν τῶν ἀξίων λόγου continue the narrative, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.50 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐξαμμένος ἐκ σώματος dependent on it, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 102e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἐ. τινί τι place upon, ἱκετηρίαν γόνασιν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1216; κόσμον νεκρῷ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1208; ἐ. βρόχον ἀμφὶ δειρήν [prev. author] “Ion” 1065 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, hang by, cling to, πάντες ἐξάπτεσθε all hang on, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.20 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῆς οὐραγίας, τῆς πορείας, hang on the enemy's rear, on his line of march, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.11.6, 3.51.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν πολεμίων, τῆς μάχης, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.17, 13.10; τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἐ. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]attend to.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 31; τοῦ πολέμου 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.25 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; cling to an authority, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1111f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]