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.VP15.64 (pl.), 25.114.
b. metaph., of apprehension, Epicur.Fr.250; “ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ει^τε 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.