ἐκμαγεῖον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἐκμάσσω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[napkin]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[that which wipes off]], [[gets rid of]], <b class="b3">αἵματος μέλανος</b>, of the spleen, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.15</span>; [[rough towel]], Archig. ap. Gal.12.621, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 1.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[that on which an impression is made]] or [[that in which an impression is made]], <b class="b3">κήρινον ἐκμαγεῖον</b> [[lump]] of [[wax]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">196a</span>; of [[matter]] ([[φύσις]]) [[as a recipient of impressions]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>50c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>988a1</span>; ([[σῶμα]]) ἐκμαγεῖον αὐτῆς τῆς γενέσεως <span class="bibl">Ocell.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[impress]], [[mould]], <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> [[impress]] of the rocks, of a fisherman who is always wandering over them, <span class="title">AP</span>6.193 (Flacc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[model]], <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>