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μάσσω , S.Fr.563; Att. μάττω Eup.340: fut.
A.μάξωAr.Lys.601 (anap.) (ἀνα- Od. 19.92): aor. “ἔμαξαPherecr. 183.2, Pl.R.372b, Arist. Rh.1416b31, Nic.Th.952: pf. “μέμα^χαAr.Eq.55:—Med., fut. μάξομαι ἐμμ-) Call.Dian.124: aor. “ἐμαξάμηνHdt.1.200; poet. “μαξάμηνAP 5.295 (Agath.):—Pass., aor. 1 “ἐμάχθηνAret.CD2.12: aor. 2 ἐμάγην [α^] (v. ἐκμ-): pf. “μέμαγμαιAr.Eq.57, Th.4.16: freq. in compds. with ἀπό, ἐκ:—knead, press into a mould, esp. of barley-cakes which were subsequently moistened and eaten without baking (cf. μακτός), S. l. c., Ar.Pax14; “μᾶζαν μεμαχότοςId.Eq.55 (also in Med., Hdt. l.c., Ar.Nu.788); ἐκ μὲν τῶν κριθῶν ἄλφιτα . . , ἐκ δὲ τῶν πυρῶν ἄλευρα, τὰ μὲν πέψαντες, τὰ δὲ (viz. ἄλφιτα)“ μάξαντεςPl. l.c.: metaph., “μάττειν ἐπινοίαςAr.Eq.539:—Med., “εὐλόγου<ς> αἰτίας ματτόμενονPall.in Hp. Fract.12.286 C.:—Pass., “μᾶζα μεμαγμένηArchil.2; μᾶζαν ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ μεμ. Ar.Eq.57, cf. 1167; σῖτος μεμαγμένος dough ready kneaded (or pressed into cakes), Th. l. c., cf. Ar.Pax28; ὅστις ἀλφιτοσιτεῖ, ὕδατι μεμαγμένην μεμιγ- codd.) ἀεὶ τὴν μᾶζαν ἐσθίει prob. cj. in X.Cyr.6.2.28, cf. Agathocl.6.
III. take the impression of, cling close to, Med. c. acc., APl.c.
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