ἐκμαγεῖον: Difference between revisions

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