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Ἐκμαγεῖον · block, lump, mould (ε 491) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε491

ε487I lay bare
ε488harkened to, heard
ε489to deliver, to set free, to release
ε490out of a wolf's mouth
ε491block, lump, mould
ε492to model
ε493to soften
ε494to bear witness
ε495ekmartyria, out-of-court testimony

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε491

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Ἐκμαγεῖον

block, lump, mould

Translated by Marcelo Boeri31 Aug 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

art history
daily life
definition
historiography
history
science and technology

2 notes · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] an impression, and a seal-impression.¹
"[The more authoritative writings] were handed over bound and secured with blocks of wax and the impressions of signet-rings."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκμαγεῖον· ἐκτύπωμα, καὶ ἀποσφράγισμα. ξυνειληθέντα τε καὶ κατασφαλισθέντα ἐκμαγείοις κηρίνοις καὶ ἐκτυπώμασι δακτυλίων ἐπεδόθη.

Betacode

*)ekmagei=on: e)ktu/pwma, kai\ a)posfra/gisma. cuneilhqe/nta te kai\ katasfalisqe/nta e)kmagei/ois khri/nois kai\ e)ktupw/masi daktuli/wn e)pedo/qh.

Notes (2)

cf. generally kappa 1535, phi 674.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
2An approximation of Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (76-77), as preserved in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De legationibus 182.33-183.1. This part of the fragment concerns the handling of the documentation for the Fifty Year Peace between the Roman and Persian empires (561-562).

References

R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)

Linked from1 entry

ε492Ἐκμαγῆσαιto model[Meaning] to impress an image [on].

Neighbouring entries

ε489Ἐκλῦσαιto deliver, to set free, to release ε490Ἐκ λύκου στόματοςout of a wolf's mouth ε491Ἐκμαγεῖονblock, lump, mould ε492Ἐκμαγῆσαιto model ε493Ἐκμαλθακῶσαιto soften

Revision history6 revisions · last 1 Sep 2024

1 Sep 2024expanded n.2, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
9 Dec 2015another note — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
6 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2012updated ref — David Whitehead
1 Sep 2004modified translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
31 Aug 2004Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκμαγεῖον (Adler number epsilon 491), trans. Marcelo Boeri, 31 Aug 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/491

Translation by Marcelo Boeri for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗