μάσταξ

English (LSJ)

ᾰκος, ἡ (Lyc.687), (μασάομαι)

   A 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 AP5.284.6 (Agath.), cf. 293.16 (Id.).    2 v. μύσταξ.    II = μάσημα, mouthful, morsel, ὡς δ' ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακ', 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.2.494d.    III locust, S.Fr.716, Nic.Th.802, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. EM216.9. (Cf. μέστακα.)