ἐκμαγεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (ἐκμάσσω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">napkin</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>72c</span>, Meyer <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>62.5</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">that which wipes off, gets rid of</b>, <b class="b3">αἵματος μέλανος</b>, of the spleen, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.15</span>; <b class="b2">rough towel</b>, Archig. ap. Gal.12.621, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 1.57</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that on</b> or <b class="b2">in which an impression is made</b>, <b class="b3">κήρινον ἐ</b>. <b class="b2">lump</b> of wax, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">196a</span>; of <b class="b2">matter</b> (φύσις) <b class="b2">as a recipient of impressions</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>50c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>988a1</span>; [<b class="b3">σῶμα</b>] ἐ. αὐτῆς τῆς γενέσεως <span class="bibl">Ocell.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">impress, mould</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>194d</span>, <span class="bibl">194e</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.279</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐκμαγεῖον πέτρης</b> <b class="b2">impress</b> of the rocks, of a fisherman who is always wandering over them, <span class="title">AP</span>6.193 (Flacc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">model</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>800b</span>, <span class="bibl">801d</span>; μηχανῆς <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>2.3</span>.</span>