χρίμπτω
χρίμπτω
χρίμπτω,
χρίω
to bring near, (so used by Hom. only in compd. ἐγχρίμπτω, q. v.); πόδα χρίμπτουσα ῥαχίαισι keeping oneʼs steps close along the shore, Aesch.; ὑπὸ στήλην ἔχριμπτε ἀεὶ σύριγγα kept the wheel ever close to the post, Soph.; so in Mid., Eur., Theocr.:— Pass. to touch the surface of a body, to graze, scratch, wound, Lat. radere, stringere, χριμφθεὶς πέλας close even to touching, Od.: generally, to come nigh, draw near, approach, c. dat., δόμοισι χρίμπτεσθαι Aesch.; τείχεσι Eur.; so in aor1 mid. χρίμψασθαι, Hhymn.
intr. in Act., = Pass., Eur.