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|Definition=fut. προσθίξῃ prob. for<br><span class="bld">A</span> -εις E.''Heracl.''652: 2 fut. τεθίξομαι Id.''Hipp.''1086: aor.2 ἔθῐγον Archil.71, E.''Ba.''304, etc.; Lacon. inf. σιγῆν Ar.''Lys.''1004:—Pass., aor.θιχθῆναι S.E.''M.''9.258:—[[touch]], [[handle]]: abs., μὴ θίγγανε ''IG''12(3).451 (Thera), etc.: usually c. gen., [[οἴακος]] A.''Ag.'' 663, etc.; [[χερσὶ]] or <b class="b3">χερὶ θ. τινός</b>, Id.''Th.''44, E.''Ba.''1318; δι' ὁσίων χειρῶν S.''OC''470: c. acc., [[χεῖρα]] ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]) Νεοβούλης [[θιγεῖν]] Archil. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ' ὄζον]</b> Limen.6 (dub. l.):—Pass., to [[be touched]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''495a6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[take hold of]], τινος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1410 (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου</b> [[embrace]], E.''Ph.''300 (lyr.); <b class="b3">θιγγάνω γυναικός</b> [[have intercourse with]]…, Id.''Hipp.''1044; <b class="b3">θ. εὐνῆς</b> ib.885, cf. S.''OC''329: abs., E.''El.''51; [[γλίχομαι|γλίχεται]] [[θιγεῖν]] καὶ [[συνεῖναι]], of man's [[aspiration]] after God, Phld.''D.'' 3.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[touch]], [[attempt]], <b class="b3">παντὸς… λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ.</b> S.''Ph.''408; μή μοι λεπτῶν θίγγανε μύθων E.''Fr.''924; θ. πονηρίας Isyll.5; in hostile sense, [[attack]], θηρός E.''Ba.''1183 (lyr.); [[σώμα]]τος τοῦ σοῦ Id.''IA''1351 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., of the [[feeling]]s, [[touch]], <b class="b3">θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδε</b>; Id.''Hipp.''310; [[ψυχή|ψυχᾶς]], [[φρήν|φρενῶν]], Id.''Alc.''108; <b class="b3">πολλὰ θιγγάνει πρὸς ἧπαρ</b> [[reach]] to the [[heart]], A.''Ag.''432 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[touch upon]], in [[speaking]] or [[discussion]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''988a23,al., ''Pol.''1323b38; also of the [[mind]], [[apprehend]], [[νοῦς]]… θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν Id.''Metaph.''1072b21, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[reach]], [[win]], ἀγώνων Pi.''I.''1.18, etc. also c. dat., <b class="b3">θιγγάνω ἡσυχίᾳ, θιγγάνω ἀρεταῖς, θιγγάνω ψεύδει</b>, Id.''P.''4.296, 8.24, 9.42; [[reach]], [[hit]], [[διαβολή|διαβολὴ]] θ. τινός Plu.''Alex.''10.—Not found in pure Att. Prose ([[ἅπτομαι]] being used), but used by [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.5,al.: aor. 1 inf. [[θίξαι]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ψαῦσαι]] in Suid.s.v. [[θιγεῖν]], [[θῖξαι]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[δεῖξαι]] in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1111a14.