ἀπομάσσω

ἀπομάσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] ἀπομαρτῠρ-ττω,

A wipe off,

δάκρυα χλαμύδι Plb.15.26.3

, cf. Plu.Rom.21:—[voice] Med., wipe off oneself,

ὕδατος ἄχνην Call.Del.14

;

τὸν κονιορτόν τισι Ev.Luc.10.11

; wipe, τι POxy.1381.133: abs., dry oneself, Jul.Or.6.203b.

2 wipe clean, esp. in magical ceremonies,

ἀπομάττων [αὐτοὺς] τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τοῖς πιτύροις D.18.259

, cf. Luc.Nec.7, Hsch. s. vv. μαγίδες, μαγμόν: —[voice] Med., wipe for oneself, Ἀχιλλείων ἀπομάττει you wipe your hands on the finest bread, Ar.Eq.819;

χεῖρας χειρομάκτρῳ ἀ. Ath.9.410b

: abs., wipe one's mouth, Eratosth.30; of a serpent, ἀ. τὸν ἰόν get rid of its poison, Arist.Fr.372.

II wipe off or level corn in a measure with a strickle: hence χοίνικα ἀ. give scant measure, Luc.Nav.25; κενεὰν ἀπομάξαι (sc. χοίνικα) level an empty measure, i.e. labour in vain, Theoc.15.95.

III take an impression of,

ἔν τισι τῶν μαλακῶν σχήματα ἀ. Pl.Ti.50e

:—[voice] Med., model, as a sculptor, Philostr.VA6.19,APl.4.120 (Arch. or Asclep.): metaph., take impressions,

ὅθεν ἡμὴ φρὴν ἀπομαξαμένη Ar.Ra.1040

;

τὰς ἰδέας Gal.18(2).655

; ἀ. παρ' ἀλλήλων one from another, Arist. EN1172a12: generally, copy, imitate, D.H.Vett.Cens.3.2;

ἤθεα ἀ. τεκούσης Nonn.D.46.18

, cf. 48.229: c. gen., model oneself upon, Call. Epigr.27.