1. μαστός · mastos — Beekes
nipple, motherbreast, breast
The corpus record
μαστός
mastos
nipple, motherbreast, breast
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Canticum 14 · 71.98/10k
- Lamentationes 2 · 8.59/10k
- Phoenissae 7 · 7.25/10k
- Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
- Libation Bearers 3 · 5.58/10k
- Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
- Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
- Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
- Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
- Orestes 3 · 3.06/10k
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μαστος · mastos — Chantraine
on n
3. μαστός · mastos — Frisk
(nachhom
4. μαστός · mastos — LSJ
the manʼs breast
Attestations
- μαζῷ · mazōi Iliad 4.123
- μαζὸν · mazon Iliad 4.480
- μαζοῖο · mazoio Iliad 4.528
- μαζοῖο · mazoio Iliad 5.145
- μαζὸν · mazon Iliad 5.393
- μαζόν · mazon Iliad 8.121
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 963; entry #3950 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 676; entry #4995 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1155; entry #3756 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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