The corpus record

μαστῐχ-η

mastiche · ἡ

mastich, mastich, Pistacia Lentiscus, pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera

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What it meant

μαστῐχ-η · mastich-ē — LSJ

mastich, mastich, Pistacia Lentiscus, pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera

mastich, μ. τρώγειν Com.Adesp. 338; obtained from σχῖνος, mastich, Pistacia Lentiscus, or from ἰξίνη, pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera, Thphr. HP 9.1.2, cf. Dsc. 1.70; the latter distd. as ἡ ἀκανθική Thphr. HP 6.4.9; used as a cosmetic, Luc. Ind. 23, Alex. 21.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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