ἁφή

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

lighting, kindling
touch, sense of touch
(in wrestling) grip
sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
(mathematics) point of contact, intersection
(in the plural) stripes, strokes
(pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
(anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek ἅπτω (touch, fasten, I fasten, grasp, kindle, join, I fasten to, attach, set fire, ignite, seize, enkindle).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἅπτω

Gloss

touch, fasten, I fasten, grasp, kindle, join, I fasten to, attach, set fire, ignite, seize, enkindle

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

🥲

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

haphephobia English
haphephobic English
καθάπτω Ancient Greek
συνάπτω Ancient Greek
ἀνάπτω Ancient Greek
ἀναφής Ancient Greek
ἁψίς Ancient Greek
ἄαπτος Ancient Greek
ἅμμα Ancient Greek
ἅπτω Ancient Greek
ἐξάπτω Ancient Greek