ἐπιψαύω
ἢν εὑρίσκῃ πλέω τε καὶ μέζω τὰ ἀδικήματα ἐόντα τῶν ὑπουργημάτων, οὕτω τῷ θυμῷ χρᾶται → it happens that the crimes are greater and more numerous than the services, when one gives way to anger
English (LSJ)
Dor. fut.
A -ψαυσῶ Archim. Con.Sph.30:—touch on the surface, touch lightly, c. gen., Hes.Sc.217, Hdt.3.87, etc.; attain, abs., κατὰ πᾶν τέλος Pi.I.4(3).11 ; ἐ. φιλοτάτων to aspire to loves, Id.P.4.92 ; ἐ. τινὸς οὐδὲ κατὰ μικρόν Phan.Hist. 19 ; γῆς ἐ., of shipwrecked persons, S.Fr.636.2 : generally, handle, κώπης Id.Ph.1255 ; meddle with, τάφου Id.Aj.1394 : metaph., also, touch lightly upon, Hdt.2.65. b Geom., ἡ -ψαύουσα (sc. γραμμή) tangent, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.12, etc. 2 c.dat., Q.S.2.456. 3 c. acc., Id.12.551. II once in Hom., intr. and metaph., ὅς τ' ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν who can reach ever so little way by his wits, Od.8.547.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1005] (s. ψαύω), auf der Oberfläche, leicht berühren, streifen, ritzen, τινός, Hes. Sc. 217; τάφου, κώπης, Soph. Ai. 1394 Ph. 1250; τῶν ἄρθρων τῇ χειρί Her. 3, 87; übertr., τὰ δὲ καὶ εἴρηκα ἐπιψαύσας αὐτῶν 2, 65; vgl. Pol. 2, 1, 4; φιλοτάτων, d. i. nach Liebe trachten, Pind. P. 4, 92; κατὰ τέλος I. 3, 29; κἂν ὀλίγον νυκτὸς ἐπιψαύσῃσιν Theocr. 21, 4; Hom. vrbdt ὅςτ' ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν, der nur ein wenig mit dem Herzen zu empfinden vermag, Od. 8, 547. – Qu. Sm. vrbdt es mit dem dat., 2, 456, u. c. acc., ὁδόν, betreten, 12, 551; vgl. Orph. lith. 126.
