ἁψιμαχία

A. skirmishing, D.S. 20.29, Plu. Brut. 39, al.: metaph., altercation, ῥητόρων Aeschin. 2.176, cf. Hyp(?).Oxy. 1607.1i26, Plb. 5.49.5, Plu. Lyc. 2, PPetr. 3p.104: pl., ἁ. χειρῶν personal encounters, D.H. 6.22; λόγων τε καὶ ἔργων ib.34.