knead, press into a mould
μάσσω, S. Fr. 563 ; Att.
μάττω
Eup. 340 :fut.
A.
μάξω
Ar. Lys. 601
(anap.) (ἀνα- Od. 19.92 ):aor.
ἔμαξα
Pherecr. 183.2
, Pl. R. 372b , Arist. Rh. 1416b31 , Nic. Th. 952 :pf.
μέμᾰχα
Ar. Eq. 55
:— Med. ,fut. μάξομαι(ἐμμ-) Call. Dian. 124 :aor.
ἐμαξάμην
Hdt. 1.200
; poet. μαξάμην
AP 5.295
( Agath. ):— Pass. ,aor. 1
ἐμάχθην
Aret. CD 2.12
:aor. 2 ἐμάγην [ᾰ] (v.ἐκμ-):pf.
μέμαγμαι
Ar. Eq. 57
, Th. 4.16 : freq. in compds. withἀπό, ἐκ:—knead, press into a mould, esp. of barley-cakes which were subsequently moistened and eaten without baking (cf.μακτός), S. l. c., Ar. Pax 14 ; μᾶζαν μεμαχότος
Id. Eq. 55
(also in Med. , Hdt. l.c., Ar. Nu. 788 );ἐκ μὲν τῶν κριθῶν ἄλφιτα . . , ἐκ δὲ τῶν πυρῶν ἄλευρα, τὰ μὲν πέψαντες, τὰ δὲ(viz.ἄλφιτα) μάξαντες
Pl.
l.c.: metaph., μάττειν ἐπινοίας
Ar. Eq. 539
:— Med. , εὐλόγου<ς> αἰτίας ματτόμενον
Pall.
in Hp. Fract.
12.286 C.:— Pass. , μᾶζα μεμαγμένη
Archil. 2
;μᾶζαν ὑπ' ἐμοῦ μεμ. Ar. Eq. 57 , cf. 1167 ;σῖτος μεμαγμένοςdoughready kneaded(orpressed into cakes), Th. l. c., cf. Ar. Pax 28 ;ὅστις ἀλφιτοσιτεῖ, ὕδατι μεμαγμένην(μεμιγ- codd.)ἀεὶ τὴν μᾶζαν ἐσθίειprob. cj. in X. Cyr. 6.2.28 , cf. Agathocl. 6 .
II. wipe,ῥοδόπηχυς Ἠὼς μαξαμέ[νη χεῖρας?] Inscr.Prien. 287 ; cf.εἰσμάσσομαι.
III. take the impression of, cling close to, Med. c. acc.,APl.c.
