A.wipe off, “δάκρυα χλαμύδι” Plb.15.26.3, cf. Plu.Rom.21:—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: —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:—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.
