μαστίχη
From LSJ
ἡμέραν δ' ἐξ ἡμέρας ῥίπτεις κυβεύων τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἀρη → day after day you cast your dice in war against the Argives, day by day you make your throw adventuring war against the Argives
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A mastich, μ. τρώγειν Com.Adesp.338; obtained from σχῖνος, mastich, Pistacia Lentiscus, or from ἰξίνη, pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera, Thphr.HP9.1.2, cf. Dsc.1.70; the latter distd. as ἡ ἀκανθική Thphr.HP6.4.9; used as a cosmetic, Luc.Ind.23, Alex. 21.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μαστίχη: [ῐ], ἡ, ὡς καὶ νῦν, κοινῶς: μαστίχα, παράγεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ σχίνου, Λατ. lentiscus, μ. τρώγειν Κωμ. Ἀνών. 37, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 9., 9. 1, 2, Διοσκ. 1. 51.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
mastic, gomme à mâcher du lentisque.
Étymologie: μάσταξ.
