mastiche
From LSJ
Γυνὴ γὰρ οἴκῳ πῆμα καὶ σωτηρία → Mulier familiae pestis est, mulier salus → Bane and salvation to a house is woman → Die Frau ist nämlich Leid und Rettung für das Haus
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mastĭchē: (mastĭcē), ēs, f., = μαστίχη>,
I mastic, an odoriferous gum from the mastic-tree, Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72; 21, 16, 56, § 96; 14, 20, 25, § 122; Capitol. Gord. 19.— Post-class. collat. forms: mastĭcha, ae, f., Marc. Emp. 26; mastĭchum (ma-stĭcum), i, n., Pall. Oct. 14, 3 (al. mastichae), and mastix, mastĭchis, abl. mastichĕ, Ser. Samm. 156; 447; 423.
