εως (ἡ) action de toucher, ARSTT. G.A. 3, 1, 27 ; Phys. 3, 2, 4, etc.

Étym. θιγγάνω.

εως, ἡ, touching, Hp. Mul. 1.40, Arist. GA 751a19, Ph. 202a7, Gal. 15.45, S.E. P. 3.56, al. ; ἄχρι τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης κατὰ θίξιν as far as the Red Sea, which it touches, Vett.Val. 12.20, cf. 13.19; ὁ κατὰ θίξιν περισκυθισμός a scalp operation in which the edges of the wound were made to touch, Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii AD), cf. Archig. ap. Gal. 12.577 (where θῆξιν).
metaph, apprehension of the mind, Plot. 5.3.10; pl., Procl. in Prm. p. 628S.

ἡ, das Berühren, die Berührung ; Arist. gen. anim. 3.1 ; Plut. u. a.Sp.