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|auten=aor. [[part]]. ἅψᾶς, [[mid]]. ipf. ἥπτετο, fut. ἅψεται, aor. ἥψατο (ἅψατο), inf. ἅψασθαι, [[part]]. ἁψάμενος, aor. [[pass]]. (according to [[some]]), [[ἑάφθη]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): I. [[act]]., [[attach]], [[fasten]], Od. 21.408, of putting a [[string]] to a [[lyre]].—II. [[mid]]., [[fasten]] [[for]] [[oneself]], cling to, [[take]] [[hold]] of (τινός); ἁψαμένη βρόχον αἰπὺν ἀφ' ὑψηλοῖο μελάθρου, in [[order]] to [[hang]] herself, Od. 11.278; ὡς δ' ο<&lt;><&gt;>τε [[τίς]] τε κυὼν συὸς ἀγρίου ἠὲ λέοντος &#x007C; ἅψηται [[κατόπισθε]], ‘[[fastens on]]’ to him [[from]] the [[rear]], Il. 8.339; ἅψασθαι [[γούνων]], κεφαλῆς, [[νηῶν]], etc.; βρώμης δ' [[οὐχ]] ἅπτεαι οὐδὲ ποτῆτος, ‘[[touch]],’ Od. 10.379.