θιγγάνω,
fut. προς-θίξῃ prob. for -εις E. Heracl. 652: 2 fut. τεθίξομαι Id. Hipp. 1086: aor.2 ἔθῐγον Archil. 71, E. Ba. 304, etc.; Lacon. inf. σιγῆν Ar. Lys. 1004: - Pass., aor. θιχθῆναι S.E. M. 9.258: -
I
1. touch, handle: abs., μὴ θίγγανε IG 12(3).451 (Thera), etc.: usu. c. gen., οἴακος A. Ag. 663, etc.; χερσὶ or χερὶ θ. τινός, Id. Th. 44, E. Ba. 1318; δι’ ὁσίων χειρῶν S. OC 470: c. acc., χεῖρα (s. v.l.) Νεοβούλης θιγεῖν Archil. l.c.; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ’ ὄζον ] Limen. 6 (dub. l.): - Pass., to be touched, Arist. HA 495a6.
2. take hold of, τινος S. Aj. 1410 (anap.), etc.; θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου embrace, E. Ph. 300 (lyr.); θ. γυναικός have intercourse with.., Id. Hipp. 1044; θ. εὐνῆς ib. 885, cf. S. OC 329: abs., E. El. 51; γλίχεται θιγεῖν καὶ συνεῖναι, of man’s aspiration after God, Phld. D. 3.1.
3. touch, attempt, παντὸς.. λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ. S. Ph. 408; μή μοι λεπτῶν θίγγανε μύθων E. Fr. 924; θ. πονηρίας Isyll. 5; in hostile sense, attack, θηρός E. Ba. 1183 (lyr.); σώματος τοῦ σοῦ Id. IA 1351 (troch.).
II
1. metaph., of the feelings, touch, θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδε; Id. Hipp. 310; ψυχᾶς, φρενῶν, Id. Alc. 108; πολλὰ θ. πρὸς ἧπαρ reach to the heart, A. Ag. 432 (lyr.).
2. touch upon, in speaking or discussion, Arist. Metaph. 988a23,al., Pol. 1323b38; also of the mind, apprehend, νοῦς.. θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν Id. Metaph. 1072b21, al.
3. reach, win, ἀγώνων Pi. I. 1.18, etc. also c. dat., θ. ἡσυχίᾳ, ἀρεταῖς, ψεύδει, Id. P. 4.296, 8.24, 9.42; reach, hit, διαβολὴ θ. τινός Plu. Alex. 10. - Not found in pure Att. Prose (ἅπτομαι being used), but used by X. Cyr. 1.3.5,al.: aor. 1 inf. θίξαι v.l. for ψαῦσαι in Suid.s.v. θιγεῖν, θῖξαι v.l. for δεῖξαι in Arist. EN 1111a14.
G2345 — θιγγάνω
(probably akin to τεῖχος, fingo, fiction, etc.; Curtius, § 145): 2 aorist ἔθιγον; to touch, handle: μηδέ θίγῃς touch not namely, impure things, [Col 2:21] (cf. ἅπτω, 2 c.); τίνος, [Heb 12:20] ((Aeschylus), Xenophon, Plato, Tragg., others); like the Hebrew נָגַע, to do violence to, injure: τίνος, [Heb 11:28] (Euripides, Iph. Aul. 1351; ὧν αἱ βλαβαι αὗται θιγγανουσι, Act. Thom. § 12). (Synonym: see ἅπτω, 2 c.)
θιγγάνω ,
[in LXX for H5060, [Exo 19:12] * ;]
1. to touch, handle: [Col 2:21], [Heb 12:20] ( LXX ).
2. to injure (like Heb . H5060, and as in Eur ., Iph. Aul., 1351): c . gen ., [Heb 11:28]. †
SYN.: see ἅπτω G681.