ἅπτω , aor. part. ἅψα_ς, mid. ipf. ἥπτετο, fut. ἅψεται, aor.
ἥψατο (ἅψατο), inf. ἅψασθαι, part.
ἁψάμενος, aor. pass. (according to
some), ἑάφθη (q. v.): I. act.,
attach, fasten, Od.
21.408, of putting a string to a lyre.—II. mid.,
fasten for oneself, cling to, take hold
of (τινός); ἁψαμένη βρόχον αἰπὺν ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλοῖο μελάθρου, in
order to hang herself, Od. 11.278
; ὡς δ᾽ ο<*>´τε τίς τε κυὼν συὸς
ἀγρίου ἠὲ λέοντος | ἅψηται κατόπισθε, ‘fastens on’ to
him from the rear, Il. 8.339
; ἅψασθαι γούνων, κεφαλῆς, νηῶν,
etc.; βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐδὲ
ποτῆτος, ‘touch,’ Od. 10.379.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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