ἐπιψαύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. <span class="bld">A</span> fut. ἐπιψαυσῶ 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; <b class="b3">ἐ. φιλοτάτων</b> to [[aspire]] to [[love]]s, Id.''P.''4.92; ἐ. τινὸς οὐδὲ κατὰ μικρόν Phan.Hist. 19; <b class="b3">γῆς ἐ.</b>, of [[shipwreck]]ed 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.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Geom., ἡ [[ἐπιψαύουσα]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γραμμή]]) [[tangent]], Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''1.12, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c.dat., Q.S.2.456.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., Id.12.551.<br><span class="bld">II</span> once in Hom., intr. and metaph., <b class="b3">ὅς τ' ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσιν</b> who can [[reach]] ever so little way by his [[wit]]s, Od.8.547.