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ἅψις

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Democritus, DK 68b22
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Transliteration A: hápsis Transliteration B: hapsis Transliteration C: apsis Beta Code: a(/yis

English (LSJ)

εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (ἅπτομαι)

   A touching, Hp.Epid.7.5; contact, Pl. Prm.149a, Arist.HA621a11: pl., Pl.Prm.149c.    2 metaph., ἅ. φρενῶν distraction of mind, Hp.Acut.52.

German (Pape)

[Seite 421] ἡ, das Berühren, Plat. Parm. 149; Arist.; φρενῶν, Berrücken des Verstandes, Hippocr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἅψις: -εως, ἡ, (ἅπτομαι) ψαῦσις, Ἱππ. 1211Β, Πλάτ. Παρμ. 149Α, κἑξ.
2) μεταφ., ἅψις φρενῶν, διατάραξις φρενῶν, παραφροσύνη, Ἱππ. π. Διαίτ. Ὀξ. 392.