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Ἁφή · touch (α 4561) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α4561

α4557unworked
α4558I snatch away
α4559swifter [horses]
α4560speechlessness
α4561touch
α4562at lamps' lightings
α4563groping for
α4564immense, monstrous
α4565I will be dried up

Suda/Α alpha/α4561

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Ἁφή

touch

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Aug 2001Vetting: high9 revisions

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3 notes · 38 words

Translation

One of the five senses. From the second conjugation verb a)fw=¹ ["I touch"]; from which has come the derivative a)fa/ssw ["I feel"]. Touch [a(fh/] can have been derived both from a(fw= [pronounced] perispomenon², and from a(/fw [pronounced] barytone.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁφή· μία τῶν εʹ αἰσθήσεων. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀφῶ ῥήματος δευτέρας συζυγίας· ἐξ οὗ παραγωγὸν γέγονε τὸ ἀφάσσω. ἡ δὲ ἁφὴ δύναται καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁφῶ περισπωμένου γεγονέναι, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἅφω βαρυτόνου.

Betacode

*(afh/: mi/a tw=n e# ai)sqh/sewn. a)po\ tou= a)fw= r(h/matos deute/ras suzugi/as: e)c ou(= paragwgo\n ge/gone to\ a)fa/ssw. h( de\ a(fh\ du/natai kai\ a)po\ tou= a(fw= perispwme/nou gegone/nai, kai\ a)po\ tou= a(/fw baruto/nou.

Notes (3)

Same entry in other lexica. See also alpha 4600.
1a)fw= here seems to be an error for a(fw=, or else a hypothetical form providing etymology for a)fa/ssw (for which see alpha 4563). ↩
2a(fw=, the contracted form of a(fa/w, "I handle", denominative verb from a(fh/ (cf. phi 578). ↩
3The alleged verb a(/fw (with recessive accent, not contract) is attested only here and in the parallel entries in other lexica. The normal verb for "I grasp, I kindle" is a(/ptw, for which see alpha 3708.

Linked from1 entry

α4600Ἁφήtouch[Meaning] rough skin. It is also called 'feeling'. And [it can mean] the sense itself. Look under "five senses".

Neighbouring entries

α4559Ἀφάρτεροιswifter [horses]α4560Ἀφασίαspeechlessness α4561Ἁφήtouch α4562Ἁφὰς λύχνωνat lamps' lightings α4563Ἀφάσσωνgroping for

Revision history9 revisions · last 17 Jan 2016

17 Jan 2016tweaked note — Catharine Roth
25 Dec 2015tweaked notes — Catharine Roth
23 Dec 2015tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
6 May 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
10 Sep 2010added betacode and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
28 Aug 2002added note — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
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2 Aug 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁφή (Adler number alpha 4561), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 2 Aug 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4561

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗