ἐφάπτ-ω,
Ionic dialect ἐπάπτω, bind on or to, πότμον ἐφάψαις ὀρφανόν having fixed it as his doom, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽.. ἐγὼ λύουσ᾽ ἂν ἢ 'φάπτουσα προσθείμην πλέο; what should I gain by undoing or by making fast [[[ Creon 's command]? variant in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔγνω.. τοὔργον κατ᾽ ὀργὴν ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε he knew that she had made fast (i.e. perpetrated) the deed, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 933:] Refs] —passive, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, fixed as one's fate or doom, with dative person, Τρώεσσι κήδἐ ἐφῆπται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.15, compare 6.241; Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται 7.402, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.41 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐφῆπτο[[ [prev. work] 33; ἀθανάτοισιν ἔρις καὶ νεῖκος ἐφῆπται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.513. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II middle, aorist 1 ἐφηψάμην, 3rd.pers. singular ἐφάψατο [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; lay hold of, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐπὴν χείρεσσιν ἐφάψεαι ἠπείροιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.348, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 412, etc.; ἱκέτης ἔφαψαι πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1172, etc.; ξίφους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1225 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; partake of food, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 3.17 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; treat, ἰατρῶν δίκην ἐ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπεί γε τοῦδ᾽ ἐφάπτομαι τόπου reach it, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 556; σκοπιᾶς ἐφάψασθαι ποδοῖν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.47. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]