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ἐκμάσσω

ἐκμάσσω, to wipe off, wipe away

ἐκμάσσω, Att. ἐκμάττω, pf. ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμέμα-κα codd.) cj. in D.H. Dem. 4: aor. 2 Pass. -εμάγην [ᾰ] Pl. Tht. 191d; also aor. 1 part. ἐκμαχθείς Hsch.:—
  • wipe off, wipe away, κάρᾳ κηλῖδας ἐξέμαξεν S. El. 446; ἔκμασσε [τὸ αἷμα] E. HF 1400; ἀλωπεκίας ὀθονίῳ Archig. ap. Gal. 12.406:—Med., wipe away oneʼs tears, AP 5.42 (Rufin.).
      • 2 wipe dry, ὑπὸ σπόγγου Hp. Acut. 65 (Pass.), cf. Herod. 6.9; [τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν πόδας] ἐ. εἰς τοὺς μέσους, of bees, Arist. HA 624b1.
    • II of an artist, mould or model in wax or plaster, αὑτὸν ἐκμάττειν τε καὶ ἐνιστάναι εἰς τοὺς τῶν κακιόνων τύπους to mould and adapt oneself to.., Pl. R. 396d; of pessaries, Hp. Steril. 230:—so in Med., Id. Nat.Mul. 109; ὧν ἔτι θερμὰ κονία.. ἐκμάσσεται ἴχνη of whose yet warm footsteps the dust receives the impress, Theoc. 17.122; express, imitate, ἵππου γενεήν Nic. Th. 740; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται D.H. Dem. 13 (so in Act., ib. 4 codd., dub.); ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἐξεμάξατο τὸν διδάσκαλον he was the image of his master, Alciphr. 3.64:—Pass., μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματʼ ἐκμεμαγμένοι (v.l. -μένα) S. Ichn. 140; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς ἐκμεμαγμένος his very image, Cratin. 255; βασιλέως..εἰκόνʼ ἐκμεμ. IGRom. 1.1190 (Memnon); ὃ ἂν ἐκμαγῇ whatever be impressed, whatever impression be made (cf. ἐκμαγεῖον), Pl. Tht. 191d; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκμεμάχθαι had impressed upon him the image of the boy, Plu. Cic. 44; ποιότης ἀπὸ μένοντος ἐκμαγεῖσα θείου λόγου Ph. 1.548.

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