touching, contact, caress
touching, contact, Democr. 11, Plu. QConv. 2.683c, Sor. Fract. 13, Gal. 18(2).786:—esp. of lovers, caress, φιλήματων καὶ ψαύσεως Plu. Alc. 4, cf. 2.768b.
The corpus record
ψαῦσις
psausis · ἡ
touching, contact
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- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
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