ἐκμάσσω

ἐκμάσσω, Att. ἐκμάττω, pf. ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμέμα-κα codd.) cj. in D.H. Dem. 4: aor. 2 Pass. -εμάγην [ᾰ] Pl. Tht. 191d; also aor. I part. ἐκμαχθείς Hsch.:—Α. 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.