A.“-εις” E.Heracl.652: 2 fut. “τεθίξομαι” Id.Hipp.1086: aor.2 “ἔθι^γον” Archil.71, E.Ba.304, etc.; Lacon. inf. “σιγῆν” Ar.Lys.1004:—Pass., aor.“θιχθῆναι” S.E.M.9.258:—touch, handle: abs., “μὴ θίγγανε” IG12(3).451 (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.OC470: c. acc., χεῖρα (s. v.l.) “Νεοβούλης θιγεῖν” Archil. l.c.; χερσὶ γλαυκᾶς ἐλαίας θιγοῦ[σ᾽ ὄζον] Limen.6 (dub. l.):—Pass., to be touched, Arist.HA495a6.
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.OC329: 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.IA1351 (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 Att. Prose (ἅπτομαι being used), but used by X.Cyr.1.3.5,al.: aor. 1 inf. θίξαι v.l. for ψαῦσαι in Suid.s.v. θιγεῖν, θῖξαι v.l. for δεῖξαι in Arist.EN1111a14.
