touching, handling
= ψηλάφησις, touching, Hp. Decent. 8, Phld. D. 1.13, Aret. CA 1.1, Ruf. ap. Orib. inc. 2.30; handling, οὐ πολλῆς ψ. δεῖσθαι Ph. Bel. 56.33.
The corpus record
ψηλᾰφ-ία
pselaphia · ἡ
touching, handling
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.