ψηλαφάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=mostly used in pres.: fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ψηλαφήσω [[LXX]] ''Za.''9.13: aor. ἐψηλάφησα ib.''Ge.''27.22:—Pass., fut. ψηλαφηθήσομαι ib. ''Na.''3.1: aor. ἐψηλαφήθην S.E.''M.''8.108, Plu.2.599c:—[[feel about]] or [[grope about]] to find a thing, like a [[blind]] man or hoodman-blind, <b class="b3">χερσὶ ψηλαφόων</b> (Ep.for <b class="b3">ψηλαφάων</b>), of the [[Cyclops]] when [[blinded]], Od.9.416; <b class="b3">ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον]</b> Ar.''Ec.''315; ψηλαφῶντες . . ὥσπερ ἐν σκότει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''99b: metaph., ψ. περί τινων Phld.''D.''1.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[feel about for]], [[grope after]] or [[search after]], ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα Ar.''Pax''691; <b class="b3">εἰ . . ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν θεὸν</b>) καὶ εὕροιεν ''Act.Ap.''17.27.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[feel]], [[touch]], [[handle]], [[stroke]], [[palpate]], Poll.1.183; <b class="b3">μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ</b>, of Isaac and Jacob, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''27.12, cf. ''Ev.Luc.'' 24.39; ψ. καὶ [[τρίβειν]] τοῖς δακτύλοις Arist.''HA''571a33; especially in Medic., of [[uterine]] [[examination]], Hp.''Mul.''1.40, al.:—Pass., ὧν ψηλαφωμένων ὁ ἵππος . . ἥδεται X.''Eq.''2.4; [ὄρνιθες] τῇ χειρὶ ψηλαφώμεναι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''560a9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[test]], [[examine]], τὸν ν Plb.8.29.8; τὸν οἶνον ''Gp.''7.5.1; πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν Plb.8.16.4; τὰς ἀλλήλων νοήσεις οἷον ὑπὸ σκότῳ διὰ φωνῆς ψ. Plu.2.589b; <b class="b3">εἴδωλον [τοῦ καλοῦ] διώκοντες καὶ ψ.</b> ib.766a:—Pass., S.E.l.c., <b class="b3">τὰ ψηλαφηθέντα ὑπ' Ἀντιόχου</b> the [[attempt]]s made by... J.''AJ''13.9.2.