Ἐπιλίγδην

glancingly

Translated by William Hutton12 Nov 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

18 words

[Meaning] to touch and to make contact only.
What amongst us [sc. is conveyed by] 'on top', 'above'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιλίγδην· συμψαῦσαι καὶ ἀφάψασθαι μόνον. ὃ παρ' ἡμῖν ἄνωθεν, ἄνω.

Betacode

*)epili/gdhn: sumyau=sai kai\ a)fa/yasqai mo/non. o(\ par' h(mi=n a)/nwqen, a)/nw.

Ultimately from commentary to Homer, Iliad 17.599 (web address 1) where the headword adverb occurs, though the use of 'on top' and 'above' as synonyms is peculiar to the Suda.
cf. Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 73.26; Hesychius epsilon4938, lambda962; Synagoge; Etymologicum Magnum 361.46-50; Photius, Lexicon pi1620. See also alpha 1009, epsilon 2783.