καθάπτω: 1 aorist καθηψα; 1. to fit or fasten to, bind on. 2. to lay hold of, fasten on (hostilely): τῆς χειρός αὐτοῦ, Act_28:3 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 257 (241)); τοῦ τραχήλου, Epictetus diss. 3, 20, 10. (In middle from Homer down (with the genitive from Herodotus on).)

καθάπτω kathaptō 1x trans. to fasten or fit to; in NT equivalent to καθάπτομαι , to fix one s self upon, fasten upon, take hold of, seize, Act_28:3

** καθ -άπτω , [in Sm .: Son_1:6 * ;] 1. to fasten on, put upon , c . acc 2. Act. for mid . ( cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: c . gen ., χειρός , Act_28:3 .†

καθάπτω [page 311] See s.v. ἔχιδνα and add Epict. iii. 20. 10 ὁ μὲν τοῦ τραχήλου καθάπτων .

καθάπτω ionic κατ fut. ψω "to fasten, fix or put upon", τί τινι Soph. ; so, κ. τι ἀμφί τινι Eur. ; ἐπί τι Xen. :—Pass., βρόχῳ καθημμένος (perf. part.) "fastened" with a halter, i. e. hung, Soph. "to dress, clothe", in Mid., σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι Eur. intr. in sense of Mid. (II), "to lay hold of", τινός NTest. Mid., καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι or μειλιχίοις "do" thou "accost or address" him with gentle words, Hom. ; or, ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος "assailing or attacking . ." , Od. : also without qualifying words, "to accost or assail", γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν id=Od. c. gen. "to assail, attack, upbraid", Hdt. , attic;—also, like Lat. antestari, θεῶν καταπτόμενος "appealing to" them, Hdt. "to lay hold of", τυραννίδος Solon. ; βρέφεος Theocr.

καθ-άπτω [in Sm.: Sng.1:6 * ;] __1. to fasten on, put upon, with accusative __2. Act. for mid. (cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: with genitive, χειρός, Act.28:3.† (AS)