I.to bind on or to, λύουσα ἢ 'φάπτουσα undoing or making fast, Soph.; τοὖργον ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε that she had made fast (i. e. perpetrated) the deed, id=Soph.:—Pass., 3rd sg. perf. and plup. ἐφῆπται, -το, is or was hung over one, impends over, is fixed as one's doom, c. dat., Τρώεσσι κήδε᾽ ἐφῆπται Il.
II.Mid. to lay hold of, grasp, reach, c. gen., Od., Theogn., Soph.
2.to lay hold of with the mind, attain to, Lat. assequi, c. gen., Plat.
5.to follow, come next, Theocr.