ψηλαφάω
ψηλᾰφ-άω, mostly used in pres.: fut.
A). -ήσω LXX Za. 9.13 : aor.
ἐψηλάφησα ib.
Ge. 27.22 :— Pass., fut.
ψηλαφηθήσομαι ib.
Na. 3.1 : aor.
ἐψηλαφήθην S.E. M. 8.108 ,
Plu. 2.599c :—
feel or
grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind,
χερσὶ ψηλαφόων ( Ep. for
-άων), of the Cyclops when blinded,
Od. 9.416 ;
ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον]
Ar. Ec. 315 ;
ψηλαφῶντες .. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει Pl. Phd. 99b : metaph.,
ψ. περί τινων Phld. D. 1.14 .
2). c. acc. rei,
feel about for, grope or
search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pax 691 ;
εἰ .. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (sc.
τὸν θεὸν)
καὶ εὕροιεν Act.Ap. 17.27 .
II). feel, touch, handle, stroke, Poll. 1.183 ;
μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, of Isaac and Jacob,
LXX Ge. 27.12 , cf.
Ev.Luc. 24.39 ;
ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις Arist. HA 571a33 ; esp. in Medic., of uterine examination,
Hp. Mul. 1.40 , al.:— Pass.,
ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος .. ἥδεται X. Eq. 2.4 ;[
ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι Arist. HA 560a9 .
III). metaph.,
test, examine, τὸν ὗν Plb. 8.29.8 ;
τὸν οἶνον Gp. 7.5.1 ;
πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν Plb. 8.16.4 ;
τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. Plu. 2.589b ;
εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ. ib.
766a :— Pass., S.E.l.c.,
τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ’ Ἀντιόχου the
attempts made by .. ,
J. AJ 13.9.2 .
ShortDef
to feel
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψηλᾰφ-άω</span>, mostly used in pres.: fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">-ήσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg046:9:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg046:9.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Za.</span> 9.13 </a> : aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐψηλάφησα</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:27:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:27.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 27.22 </a>:— Pass., fut. <span class="foreign greek">ψηλαφηθήσομαι</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg042:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg042:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Na.</span> 3.1 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐψηλαφήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:8:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:8.108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 8.108 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.599c </span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feel</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grope about</span> to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, <span class="foreign greek">χερσὶ ψηλαφόων</span> ( Ep. for <span class="foreign greek">-άων</span>), of the Cyclops when blinded, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.416/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.416 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:315" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:315/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 315 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ψηλαφῶντες .. ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:99b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:99b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 99b </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">ψ. περί τινων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 1.14 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feel about for, grope</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">search after,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:691" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:691/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 691 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰ .. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τὸν θεὸν</span>) <span class="quote greek"> καὶ εὕροιεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:17:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:17.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 17.27 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feel, touch, handle, stroke,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1.183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 1.183 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ,</span> of Isaac and Jacob, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:27:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:27.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 27.12 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:24:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:24.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 24.39 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ψ. καὶ τρίβειν τοῖς δακτύλοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:571a:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:571a.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 571a33 </a> ; esp. in Medic., of uterine examination, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 1.40 </a>, al.:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος .. ἥδεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 2.4 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:560a:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:560a.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 560a9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">test, examine,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὸν ὗν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:29:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:29:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 8.29.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν οἶνον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 7.5.1 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:16:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:16:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 8.16.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.589b </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ.</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 766a </span>:— Pass., S.E.l.c., <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ’ Ἀντιόχου</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">attempts made</span> by .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:9:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:9:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 13.9.2 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}