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===substantive===

[[sense of]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἁφή]], ἡ, [[ἐπαφή]], ἡ.

[[blow]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πληγή]], ἡ.

[[a touch of]], met.: use [[τι]], e.g., [[a touch of suspicion]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπονοίας τι]].

[[be in touch with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁμιλεῖν]] (dat.).

[[get into touch with]] (an [[enemy]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁμόσε χωρεῖν]] (dat.).

[[bring into touch with]], [[adapt]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσαρμόζειν]]; see [[adapt]].

[[put the finishing touch to]]: see under [[finishing]].

===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἐφάπτεσθαι]] (gen.) ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[θιγγάνειν]] (gen.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[προσθιγγάνειν]] (gen.), [[ψαύειν]] (gen.) (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[ἐπιψαύειν]] (gen.), [[προσψαύειν]] (absol.), [[ποτιψαύειν]] (absol.), [[χρώζειν]] (acc.) ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 1625).

Met., [[affect]], [[move]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνθάπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[θιγγάνειν]] (gen.), [[ψαύειν]] (gen.); see [[affect]].

[[overcome]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κατακλᾶν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θέλγειν]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[τέγγειν]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[νικᾶν]].

[[soften]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθάσσειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλάσσειν]].

[[take in hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἐγχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.). [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μεταχειρίζειν]] (or mid.). [[verse|V.]] [[θιγγάνειν]] (gen.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[προσθιγγάνειν]] (gen.), [[ψαύειν]] (gen.), [[ἐπιψαύειν]] (gen.).

[[touch at]], [[put in at]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσσχεῖν]] (2nd aor. of [[προσέχειν]]) (dat. or [[εἰς]], acc. or [[verse|V.]] acc. alone). [[prose|P.]] [[σχεῖν]] (2nd aor. of [[ἔχειν]]) (dat. or [[πρός]]. acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[ψαύειν]] (gen.) ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 369); see under [[put in]].

[[touch on]]: see [[touch upon]].

[[border on]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἔχεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[touch up]], [[work up]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπεργάζεσθαι]].

[[touch upon]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.) ([[Euripides|Eur.]] ''[[Hecuba]]'' 586). [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 449D); see [[discuss]], [[skim]].
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