ἐκμαγεῖον
ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν → Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.
English (LSJ)
τό, (ἐκμάσσω)
A napkin, Pl.Ti.72c, Meyer Ostr.62.5 (ii B.C.). 2 that which wipes off, gets rid of, αἵματος μέλανος, of the spleen, Aret.SD1.15; rough towel, Archig. ap. Gal.12.621, Paul.Aeg. 1.57. II that on or in which an impression is made, κήρινον ἐ. lump of wax, Pl.Tht.191c, cf. 196a; of matter (φύσις) as a recipient of impressions, Id.Ti.50c, Arist.Metaph.988a1; [σῶμα] ἐ. αὐτῆς τῆς γενέσεως Ocell.2.3. 2 impress, mould, Pl.Tht.194d, 194e, Ph.1.279: metaph., ἐκμαγεῖον πέτρης impress of the rocks, of a fisherman who is always wandering over them, AP6.193 (Flacc.). 3 model, Pl. Lg.800b, 801d; μηχανῆς Procop.Aed.2.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 768] τό, 1) die Masse, worin Etwas abgedrückt wird, Wachs, Gyps u. dergl., κήρινον Plat. Theaet. 191 c 196 a, vgl. Tim. 50 c; der Abdruck selbst, das Abbild, Theaet. 194 e u. 80. Auch = Urbild, νόμος καὶ τύπος ἐκμαγεῖόν τε Plat. Legg. VII, 801 d. – Flacc. 4 (VI, 193) nennt den an den Klippen sich herumtreibenden Fischer ἐκμαγεῖον πέτρης. – 2) Das, woran man sich abwischt, Handtuch, Plat. Tim. 72 c; Poll. 6, 93; Schol.
