ἀπομάσσω,
Attic dialect ἀπομάττω, wipe off, δάκρυα χλαμύδι[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.26.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 21] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, wipe off oneself, ὕδατος ἄχνην[[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 14; τὸν κονιορτόν τισι NT.Luke.10.11 ] NT+3rd c.BC+]; wipe, τι [[ “POxy.” 1381.133] Refs]: absolutely, dry oneself, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.203b. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 wipe clean, especially in magical ceremonies, ἀπομάττων [αὐτοὺς] τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τοῖς πιτύροις[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.259, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 7, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus s. vv. μαγίδες, μαγμόν] Refs 4th c.BC+]: —middle, wipe for oneself, Ἀχιλλείων ἀπομάττει you wipe your hands on the finest bread, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 819; χεῖρας χειρομάκτρῳ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.410b] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, wipe one's mouth, [[ 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus 30 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a serpent, ἀ. τὸν ἰόν get rid of its poison, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 372. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II wipe off or level corn in a measure with a strickle: hence χοίνικα ἀ. give scant measure, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 25] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κενεὰν ἀπομάξαι (i.e. χοίνικα) level an empty measure, i.e. labour in vain, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.95. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III take an impression of, ἔν τισι τῶν μαλακῶν σχήματα ἀ.[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50e] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, model, as a sculptor, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.19, “APl.” 4.120 (1st c.BC: Archias or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, take impressions, ὅθεν ἡμὴ φρὴν ἀπομαξαμένη[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1040; τὰς ἰδέας 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).655] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων one from another, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172a12] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, copy, imitate, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2; ἤθεα ἀ. τεκούσης 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 46.18, compare 48.229] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with genitive, model oneself upon, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]