1. μάσταξ · mastax — Beekes
The corpus record
μάσταξ
mastax
mouth; mouthful, morsel
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Where it lives
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. μάσταξ · mastax — Chantraine
3. μάσταξ · mastax — Frisk
4. μάσταξ · mastax — LSJ
that with which one chews, mouth, jaws, ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσὶ πίεζε he stopped his mouth with his hands, Od. 4.287; με . . ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν seizing me by the mouth, 23.76, cf. Alcm. 144; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι Lyc. l.c.; μάστακι ποππύζων AP 5.284.6 (Agath.), cf. 293.16 (Id.).
v. μύσταξ.
= μάσημα, mouthful, morsel, ὡς δʼ ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακʼ, ἐπεί κε λάβῃσι Il. 9.324, cf. Eust. 753.62; μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν Theoc. 14.39; of the olive, Call. Iamb. 1.271; others expl. in Il. l.c. as dat. μάστακι in its beak, Apollon. Lex. s.v. μάσταξ, Plu. Am. prol. 2.494d.
locust, S. Fr. 716, Nic. Th. 802, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. EM 216.9. (Cf. μέστακα.)
In the wild
- μάστακʼ · mastakʼ Iliad 9.324
- μάστακα · mastaka Odyssey 23.76
- μάστακα · mastaka Odyssey 4.287
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μάσταξ (scan p. 962; entry #3946).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μάσταξ (scan p. 687; entry #5096).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μάσταξ (scan p. 1154; entry #3752).