καθάπτω,
Ion. κατ-,
I
1. fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις.. ἀμφίβληστρον S. Tr. 1051; κ. τι ἀμφί τινι E. Ion 1006; τι ἐπί τι X. Cyn. 6.9; τι εἴς τι Plb. 8.6.3; τι ἔκ τινος Plu. 2.647e; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, Philem. 213.10; τὰ ὀστέα καθάπτει τὰ νεῦρα Arist. Spir. 483b31: - Med., κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι Theoc. [Eph 3:4]: - Pass., βρόχῳ καθημμένος S. Ant. 1222, cf. Theoc. Adon. 11.
2. equip by fastening or hanging on, in Med., σκευῇ σῶμ’ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι E. Rh. 202, cf. [Rev 9:19] (Arch.): - Pass., νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, S. Ichn. 219; καθημμένοι νεβρίδας Str. 15.1.71.
3. intr., attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, Arist. HA 514b30, 515a3; later = 11.5, fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος [Act 28:3], cf. Poll. 1.164.
II
1. used by Hom. only in Med., καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ’ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him.., Il. 1.582; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν Od. 10.70; μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι κ. 24.393; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing.., 18.415, 20.323; χαλεποῖσι κ. ἐπέεσσι Hes. Op. 332: without a qualifying Adj., accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα Il. 15.127, cf. Od. 2.240; without ἐπέεσσι, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν 2.39, cf. 20.22, Il. 16.421.
2. after Hom., c. gen., upbraid, Hdt. 6.69, Th. 6.16, Pl. Cri. 52a, X. HG 1.7.4: abs., Th. 6.82.
3. in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας Plb. 1.19.14.
4. appeal to, θεῶν.. καταπτόμενος appealing to them, Hdt. 6.68; Δημαρήτου καὶ ἄλλων μαρτύρων Id. 8.65.
5. lay hold of, τυραννίδος Sol. 32.3; βρέφεος χείρεσσι Theoc. 17.65; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, Philostr. VA 3.23: Act., καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου Arr. Epict. 3.20.10 (cf. 1.3).
6. to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου Hp. Prorrh. 1.16.
G2510 — καθάπτω
: 1 aorist καθηψα;
1. to fit or fasten to, bind on.
2. to lay hold of, fasten on (hostilely): τῆς χειρός αὐτοῦ, [Act 28:3] (cf. Winer's Grammar, 257 (241)); τοῦ τραχήλου, Epictetus diss. 3, 20, 10. (In middle from Homer down (with the genitive from Herodotus on).)
** καθ - άπτω ,
[in Sm .: [Ca 1:6] * ;]
1. to fasten on, put upon, c . acc
2. Act. for mid . ( cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: c . gen ., χειρός , [Act 28:3]. †