1. μαστροπός · mastropos — Beekes
μαστροπός [m., f.] ‘procurer, procuress’ (Ar, X., etc.). VAR Also μαστροφός (H.); hypocoristic μάστρυς [f.] (Phot.). *DER μαστροπικός, -οπεύω, -οπεία (Att.). eETYM The usual connection with μαίομαι ‘touch, investigate’ is uncertain, as the variant with -φ- may point to a Pre-Greek word. Fur.: 160 compares μάτρυλλος, -a ‘procurer’, ματρυλεῖον ‘brothel’, μαστρυλλεῖον and μάστρυς ‘procurer, -ess’; note the … — [Beekes, s.v. μαστροπός, p. 963]