ἐπαφή

epaphe

touch, touching, handling

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Cratylus 2
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404d4
412b8
Sophist 1
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246a10
Timaeus 1
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46b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπαφή, ἡ, (ἐπαφάω) A. touch, touching, handling, A. Supp. 17, Pl. Ti. 46b, al.; σφυγμοῦ Marcellin. Puls. 114, al.; ἐ. μωσικὰ [τῆς λύρας] Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27: pl., ἐπαφαὶ χειρῶν Plu. 2.2d. 2. severe handling, punishment, ἐ. καὶ νουθεσία ib.46d; esp. of Pythagorean treatment, Iamb. VP 15.64 (pl.), 25.114. 3. touch, contact, ἡδεῖα ἐ. IGRom. 4.503.11 (Pergam.). b. metaph., of apprehension, Epicur. Fr. 250; ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ εῐτε γνῶσις εἴτε ἐ. Plot. 6.7.36, cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 8; τοῦ μέλλοντος Id. Myst. 3.26. 4. Geom., point of contact, Euc. Phaen. p.68 M., Procl. Hyp. 2.7; περὶ ἐπαφῶν, on the theory of tangents, title of work by Apollonius of Perga, Papp. 636.21, al. II. the sense of touch, Pl. Tht. 186b. III. in phrases such as ἐκτὸς ἱερᾶς νόσου καὶ ἐ. PLips. 4.20 (iii A.D.), πλὴν ἐ. καὶ ἱ. ν. POxy. 94.11 (i A.D.), etc., prob. external claim, cf. PStrassb. 79.7 (i B.C.).

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