μὴ θίγγανε

θιγγάνω

touch: pres imperat act 2nd sg

θιγγάνω

touch: imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)

θιγγάνω, [tense] fut. προς-θίξῃ prob. for

A

- εις E.Heracl. 652

: 2 [tense] fut.

τεθίξομαι Id.Hipp. 1086

: [tense] aor.2

ἔθῐγον Archil.71

, E.Ba. 304, etc.; [dialect] Lacon. inf.

σιγῆν Ar.Lys. 1004

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

θιχθῆναι S.E.M.9.258

:—touch, handle: abs.,

μὴ θίγγανε IG12(3).451

([place name] Thera), etc.: usu. c. gen.,

οἴακος A.Ag. 663

, etc.; χερσὶ or χερὶ θ. τινός, Id.Th.44, E.Ba. 1318;

δι' ὁσίων χειρῶν S.OC 470

: c. acc., χεῖρα (s. v.l.)

Νεοβούλης θιγεῖν Archil.

l.c.; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ' ὄζον] Limen.6 (dub. l.):—[voice] Pass., to be touched, Arist.HA 495a6.

2 take hold of, τινος S.Aj. 1410 (anap.), etc.; θ. ὠλέναισιν τέκνου embrace, E.Ph. 300 (lyr.); θ. γυναικός have intercourse with.., Id.Hipp. 1044; θ. εὐνῆς ib. 885, cf. S.OC 329: abs., E.El.51; γλίχεται θιγεῖν καὶ συνεῖναι, of man's aspiration after God, Phld.D. 3.1.

3 touch, attempt, παντὸς.. λόγου κακοῦ γλώσσῃ θ. S.Ph. 408;

μή μοι λεπτῶν θίγγανε μύθων E.Fr. 924

;

θ. πονηρίας Isyll.5

; in hostile sense, attack,

θηρός E.Ba. 1183

(lyr.);

σώματος τοῦ σοῦ Id.IA 1351

(troch.).

II metaph., of the feelings, touch, θιγγάνει σέθεν τόδε; Id.Hipp. 310; ψυχᾶς, φρενῶν, Id.Alc. 108; πολλὰ θ. πρὸς ἧπαρ reach to the heart, A.Ag. 432 (lyr.).

2 touch upon, in speaking or discussion, Arist.Metaph. 988a23,al., Pol. 1323b38; also of the mind, apprehend,

νοῦς.. θιγγάνων καὶ νοῶν Id.Metaph. 1072b21

, al.

3 reach, win,

ἀγώνων Pi.I.1.18

, etc. also c. dat., θ. ἡσυχίᾳ, ἀρεταῖς, ψεύδει, Id.P.4.296, 8.24, 9.42; reach, hit,

διαβολὴ θ. τινός Plu.Alex.10

.—Not found in pure [dialect] Att. Prose ( ἅπτομαι being used), but used by X.Cyr.1.3.5,al.: [tense] aor. 1 inf. θίξαι v.l. for ψαῦσαι in Suid.s.v. θιγεῖν, θῖξαι v.l. for δεῖξαι in Arist.EN 1111a14.

θιγγάνω 2 aor. ἔθιγον (Trag. et al. but not in Attic prose [WRutherford, New Phryn. 1881, 169f; 391]; Hippocr. [Anz 293]; ins, pap; Ex 19:12; JosAs16 [p. 64, ln. 20 Bat.] cod. A [ἔθηξε fr. the by-form θίγω]) touch τινός someth. (Aeschyl. et al.; EpArist 106) Hb 12:20 (cp. Dio Chrys. 31, 10). In a hostile sense τινός someone (Eur., Iph. A. 1351; of what is morally harmful AcThom 12 [Aa II/2, 118, 5] παῖδες, ὧν αἱ βλάβαι αὗται οὐ θιγγάνουσι) Hb 11:28. Abs. Col 2:21 (IG XII/3, 451 μὴ θίγγανε); but s. ἅπτω 3.—Cp. ψηλαφάω, s. Schmidt, Syn. I, 228–43. DELG. M-M.