kathaptamō

καθάπτω,
Ionic dialect κατ-, fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις.. ἀμφίβληστρον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, Refs 4th c.BC+:—middle, κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι Refs 3rd c.BC+:— passive, βρόχῳ καθημμένος Refs 5th c.BC+
2 equip by fastening or hanging on, in middle, σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 intransitive, attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, Refs 4th c.BC+, fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος NT+2nd c.AD+
II used by Refs 8th c.BC+middle, καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him.., Refs 8th c.BC+; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing.. , Refs 8th c.BC+: without a qualifying adjective, accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 after Refs 8th c.BC+, with genitive, upbraid, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 appeal to, θεῶν.. καταπτόμενος appealing to them, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 lay hold of, τυραννίδος Refs 6th c.BC+; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, Refs 2nd c.AD+: active, καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.6 to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.