ἐπ·αφή, ῆς (ἡ) [ᾰ]
      1 action de toucher à la surface, p. suite, de toucher à, de manier, ESCHL. Suppl. 18 ; PLUT. Tim. 46 b ; ἐπ. λύρας, EURYPHAM. (STOB. 556, 39) action de toucher de la lyre ; fig. atteinte, blâme, châtiment, PLUT. M. 46 d ;
      2 sens du toucher, PLAT. Theæt. 186 b.

Étym. ἐπί, ἁφή.

ἡ, (< ἐπαφάω) touch, touching, handling, A. Supp. 17, Pl. Ti. 46b, al. ; σφυγμοῦ Marcellin. Puls. 114, al. ; ἐ. μωσικὰ [τῆς λύρας] Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27; pl., ἐπαφαὶ χειρῶν Plu. 2.2d.
severe handling, punishment, ἐ. καὶ νουθεσία ib. 46d; esp. of Pythagorean treatment, Iamb. VP 15.64 (pl.), 25.114.
touch, contact, ἡδεῖα ἐ. IGRom. 4.503.11 (Pergam.). metaph, of apprehension, Epicur. Fr. 250; ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ εἴτε γνῶσις εἴτε ἐ. Plot. 6.7.36, cf. Iamb. Comm. Math. 8; τοῦ μέλλοντος Id. Myst. 3.26. Geom., point of contact, Euc. Phaen. p. 68 M., Procl. Hyp. 2.7; περὶ ἐπαφῶν, on the theory of tangents, title of work by Apollonius of Perga, Papp. 636.21, al.
the sense of touch, Pl. Tht. 186b. in phrases such as ἐκτὸς ἱερᾶς νόσου καὶ ἐ. PLips. 4.20 (iii AD), πλὴν ἐ. καὶ ἱ. ν. POxy. 94.11 (i AD), etc., prob.
external claim, cf. PStrassb. 79.7 (i BC).

ἡ, die Berührung ; Aesch. Suppl. 17 ; ἐπαφήν τινα παρέχειν Plat. Soph. 246a ; τοῦ σκληροῦ τὴν σκληρότητα διὰ τῆς ἐπαφῆς αἰσθήσεται, durch das Gefühl, Theaet. 186b ; Sp.; μωσικά, das Greifen in die Saiten der Lyra, Stob. fl. 103.27 ; Plut. vrbdt es mit νουθεσία, Angriff, Tadel, de audit. 9.