ἐπιψαύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ψαυσῶ <span class="bibl">Archim. <span class="title">Con.Sph.</span>30</span>:—<b class="b2">touch on the surface, touch lightly</b>, c. gen., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>217</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.87</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">attain</b>, abs., κατὰ πᾶν τέλος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).11</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. φιλοτάτων</b> <b class="b2">to aspire to</b> loves, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>4.92</span> ; ἐ. τινὸς οὐδὲ κατὰ μικρόν Phan.Hist. 19 ; <b class="b3">γῆς ἐ</b>., of shipwrecked persons, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>636.2</span> : generally, <b class="b2">handle</b>, κώπης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1255</span> ; <b class="b2">meddle with</b>, τάφου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1394</span> : metaph., also, <b class="b2">touch lightly upon</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.65</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Geom., <b class="b3">ἡ -ψαύουσα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b>) <b class="b2">tangent</b>, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.12</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c.dat., <span class="bibl">Q.S.2.456</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., <span class="bibl">Id.12.551</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> once in Hom., intr. and metaph., <b class="b3">ὅς τ' ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν</b> who <b class="b2">can reach</b> ever so little way by his wits, <span class="bibl">Od.8.547</span>.</span>