ἀκροθιγής
From LSJ
δύστανοι καὶ πολύμοχθοι ματέρες Ἅιδᾳ τίκτουσαι τέκνα → wretched and much-enduring mothers, giving birth to children for Hades
English (LSJ)
ές,
A touching on surface, touching the lips, φίλημα AP 12.68 (Mel.): metaph., ἀ. περὶ τὰς πράξεις Vett.Val.40.1. Adv. ἀκροθιγῶς, ἐμβάπτειν just dip in, so that it is hardly wetted, Dsc.2.83: metaph., ἀ. εἴρηται Marin.Procl.26, cf. Vett.Val.271.11, Men.Rh. p.417 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 83] ές, leicht berührend, φίλημα, Mel. 14 (XII, 68). – Adv. -γῶς, Sp.; übh. leicht, obenhin, ἐφάπτεσθαι Men. rhet. IX p. 286.