mastico

ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑπόστασιν καθ' ἑαυτήν → the culmination has no power of originating by itself

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mastĭco: 1,
I v. a., to chew (post-class.): aliquid, Pelag. Vet. 30; App. Herb. 79: portulaca mastucata, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 10.