ψαύω
ψαύω, Ep. impf.
A). ψαῦον Il. 13.132 ;
ψαύεσκον (
ἐπι-)
Orph. L. 126 : fut.
ψαύσω A. Ch. 182 , etc.: aor.
ἔψαυσα Pi. N. 5.42 , etc.: pf.
ἔψαυκα (
παρ-)
S.E. M. 7.116 :— Pass., aor.
ἐψαύσθην Dsc. 2.14 : pf.
ἔψαυσμαι (
παρ-)
Hp. Morb. 4.44 :—
touch, τινος Il. 23.519 ,
806 ,
Hdt. 2.47 . etc.;
ἁπτόμενοι καὶ ψ. ἀλλήλων in close contact, Plu. Pyrrh. 12 : metaph.,
μὴ ψαύειν ἀδικίας ὃν τρόπον οὐδὲ πυρός Phld. Rh. 2.155S. : c. dat. instr.,
ψαῦον .. κόρυθες .. φάλοισι the helmets
touched with their
φάλοι, Il. 13.132 ,
16.216 ;
τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ψ. Hdt. 3.30 ;
χεροῖν .. ἔψαυσα πηγῆς A. Pers. 202 ;
εἰ τῆσδε χώρας μήποτε ψαύσει ποδί Id. Ch. 182 : but the dat. is used for the gen. in
Pi. P. 9.120 ,
Herod. 4.75 ,
Q.S. 8.349 (cf.
θιγγάνω 11.3 ,
προσψαύω):—
ψαύω never takes acc. exc. in
αἵματι ψαῦσαι θύρας Ezek. Exag. 158 : in
S. Ant. 857 ,
ἔψαυσας ἀλγεινοτάτας ἐμοὶ μερίμνας, πατρὸς τριπόλιστον οἶκτον ( v.l.
οἶτον )
, μερίμνας is gen. sg. and
οἶκτον or
οἶτον is acc. depending on
ἔψαυσας .. μερίμνας, =
ἐποίησάς με μεριμνᾶν; and ib.
961 ,
κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις, the construction is
ἐπέγνω τὸν θεόν, ψαύων (sc.
αὐτοῦ) he learned to know the god,
assailing (him): later writers used the Pass. as if the Act. had a trans. sense,
Dsc. l. c.,
Plu. 2.951d .
2). touch lightly. a way of feeling the pulse, opp.
θλίβω, Gal. 8.808 : metaph.,
touch upon a subject,
notice it
slightly, Plb. 1.13.8 :— Med., c. acc. rei,
touch lightly upon a subject,
Gal. 18(1).331 .
4). touch, affect, οὐ γὰρ ἄκρας καρδίας ἔψαυσέ μου E. Hec. 242 .
II). rarely in Pass.,
to be touched, of the star-fish,
ἐνδίδωσι τὸ σῶμα καὶ περιορᾷ ψαυόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν παρατρεχόντων Plu. 2.978b , cf.
951d (if the comma be placed before, not after,
οὐσίας)
; ὅσοι ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀμινναίων (sc.
οἴνων)
ψαύονται κεφαλῆς those who
are affected in the head .. ,
Dsc. 5.19 .—The word is very rare in early Prose,
Antipho 3.3.5 ,
X. Mem. 1.4.12 : freq. later,
Plb. 1.13.8 , al.,
Plu. 2.589f , al.
ShortDef
to touch
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ψαύω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ψαυω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψαύω</span>, Ep. impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ψαῦον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.132 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ψαύεσκον </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἐπι-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">L.</span> 126 </a>: fut. <span class="quote greek">ψαύσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 182 </a> , etc.: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔψαυσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 5.42 </a> , etc.: pf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔψαυκα </span>(<span class="etym greek">παρ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7.116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 7.116 </a>:— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐψαύσθην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 2.14 </span> : pf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔψαυσμαι </span>(<span class="etym greek">παρ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:4:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:4.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 4.44 </a>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch,</span> <span class="itype greek">τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:519" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.519/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.519 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:806" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:806/canonical-url/"> 806 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.47 </a>. etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἁπτόμενοι καὶ ψ. ἀλλήλων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in close contact,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pyrrh.</span> 12 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">μὴ ψαύειν ἀδικίας ὃν τρόπον οὐδὲ πυρός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.155S. </span> : c. dat. instr., <span class="foreign greek">ψαῦον .. κόρυθες .. φάλοισι</span> the helmets <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touched with</span> their <span class="foreign greek">φάλοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.132 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.216/canonical-url/"> 16.216 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ψ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.30 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χεροῖν .. ἔψαυσα πηγῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:202" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:202/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 202 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰ τῆσδε χώρας μήποτε ψαύσει ποδί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 182 </a> : but the dat. is used for the gen. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.75 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.349/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 8.349 </a> (cf. <span class="quote greek">θιγγάνω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.3/canonical-url/"> 11.3 </a> , <span class="foreign greek">προσψαύω</span>):—<span class="foreign greek">ψαύω</span> never takes acc. exc. in <span class="quote greek">αἵματι ψαῦσαι θύρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0343.tlg001:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0343.tlg001:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ezek.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Exag.</span> 158 </a> : in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:857" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:857/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 857 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ἔψαυσας ἀλγεινοτάτας ἐμοὶ μερίμνας, πατρὸς τριπόλιστον οἶκτον</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">οἶτον</span> )<span class="foreign greek">, μερίμνας</span> is gen. sg. and <span class="foreign greek">οἶκτον</span> or <span class="foreign greek">οἶτον</span> is acc. depending on <span class="foreign greek">ἔψαυσας .. μερίμνας,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἐποίησάς με μεριμνᾶν;</span> and ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:961" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:961/canonical-url/"> 961 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις,</span> the construction is <span class="foreign greek">ἐπέγνω τὸν θεόν, ψαύων</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">αὐτοῦ</span>) he learned to know the god, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assailing</span> (him): later writers used the Pass. as if the Act. had a trans. sense, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> </span> l. c., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.951d </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch lightly.</span> a way of feeling the pulse, opp. <span class="foreign greek">θλίβω,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 8.808 </span>: metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch upon</span> a subject, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">notice</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slightly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.13.8 </a>:— Med., c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lightly upon</span> a subject, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(1).331 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch as an enemy, lay hands upon,</span> <span class="itype greek">τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1559" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1559/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1559 </a>: abs., <span class="quote greek">κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:925" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:925/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 925 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:856" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:856/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 856 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">touch, affect,</span> <span class="quote greek">οὐ γὰρ ἄκρας καρδίας ἔψαυσέ μου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 242 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reach, gain,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὕμνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:5.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 5.42 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψ. Ἀφροδίτας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 6.35 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hit the mark,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 7.428.11 </span>(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> Math., <span class="foreign greek">ἐπίπεδα ψαύοντα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tangent</span> planes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg003:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg003:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Con.Sph.</span> 17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> rarely in Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be touched,</span> of the star-fish, <span class="quote greek">ἐνδίδωσι τὸ σῶμα καὶ περιορᾷ ψαυόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν παρατρεχόντων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.978b </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 951d </span> (if the comma be placed before, not after, <span class="foreign greek">οὐσίας</span>)<span class="foreign greek">; ὅσοι ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀμινναίων</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">οἴνων</span>)<span class="foreign greek"> ψαύονται κεφαλῆς</span> those who <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are affected</span> in the head .. , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.19 </span>.—The word is very rare in early Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 3.3.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.4.12 </a>: freq. later, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:13:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.13.8 </a>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.589f </span>, al.</div> </div><br><br>'}