- ἅπτω
- ἅπτωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `join, fasten, grasp; kindle' (Il.).Other forms: mostly med.Derivatives: ἁφή `the kindling, the touching, the grip etc.' (Hdt.); from here, or as deverb., ἀφάω `handle' only pres. (Il.) - ἅψις `handling' (Hp.); ἅψος n. `join', pl. `joints' (Od.; Chantr. Form. 421); ἅμμα `noose, cord' (Hp.) - ἁψίς, -ῖδος f. `loop, mesh'- Perhaps also ἄφθα, αὑαψή, χορδαψός s.s.vv.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. Cf. Kretschmers Glotta 7, 352. Wrong Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73 : 2, 28 (from *ἅπϜω to Av. āfǝnte). vW. connects ἰάπτω. Szemerényi Gnomon 43 (1971) 656 connects `fasten' with Lat. apiō and `kindle' with Gm. sengen, OCS prě-sǫčiti `dry' from *senkʷ-. Fur. 324, 353 (ἕμμα!) takes ἀφάω as evidence for Pre-Greek (but it may be derived from ἁφή). On ἅψος and Armenian forms s. Clackson 98ff.Page in Frisk: 1,126-127
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.