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ἐκμάσσω

ekmasso

wipe off, wipe away

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ἐκμάσσω · ekmassō — LSJ

wipe off, wipe away, wipe away oneʼs tears

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

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 mould, model, to mould, receives the impress, express, imitate, was the image of, image, be impressed, impression be made, had impressed upon him

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

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