ἐκμάσσω,
Attic dialect ἐκμάττω, perfect ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμέμα-κα codices) conjecture in [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 4: ] Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist 2 passive -εμάγην [ᾰ] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also aorist I participle ἐκμαχθείς [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—wipe off, wipe away, κάρᾳ κηλῖδας ἐξέμαξεν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 446 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκμασσε [τὸ αἷμα] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1400; ἀλωπεκίας ὀθονίῳ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.406] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, wipe away one's tears, [[ Anthologia Graeca 5.42 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 wipe dry, ὑπὸ σπόγγου [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 65 (_passive_),compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν πόδας] ἐ. εἰς τοὺς μέσους, of bees, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__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.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pessaries, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, [[ [prev. author] “Nat.Mul.” 109 ] Refs]; ὧν ἔτι θερμὰ κονία.. ἐκμάσσεται ἴχνη of whose yet warm footsteps the dust receives the impress, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.122 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; express, imitate, ἵππου γενεήν [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 740; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 13 (so in _active_, [prev. work] 4 codices, uncertain)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἐξεμάξατο τὸν διδάσκαλον he was the image of his master, [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.64:] Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ᾽ ἐκμεμαγμένοι (variant{-μένα}) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 140] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς ἐκμεμαγμένος his very image, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 255; βασιλέως..εἰκόν᾽ ἐκμεμ. “IGRom.” 1.1190 (from Memnon)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃ ἂν ἐκμαγῇ whatever be impressed, whatever impression be made (compare ἐκμαγεῖον), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκμεμάχθαι had impressed upon him the image of the boy, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 44; ποιότης ἀπὸ μένοντος ἐκμαγεῖσα θείου λόγου 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.548. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]