Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἁπτικός

ἁπτικός

haptikos

able to come into contact with

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἁπτικός, ή, όν, (ἅπτομαι) A. able to come into contact with, ἀλλήλων Arist. GC 322b27. 2. abs., τὴν ἁ. αἴσθησιν the sense of touch, Id. de An. 413b9, cf. Alex.Aphr. Pr.Praef.; τὸ ἁ. Arist. de An. 415a3; γλῶττα ἁπτικωτάτη most sensitive to touch, Id. PA 660a21. Adv. -κῶς Olymp. in Alc.p.40C. 3. of medicines, acting on, c. gen., τοῦ νευρώδους Dsc. 2.179.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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