μαζός
λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε → hunger is a good sauce, hunger is the best pickle, hunger is the best sauce, hunger is the best seasoning, hunger is the best spice
English (LSJ)
A v. μαστός. II = μάξεινος, Epich.69.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μαζός: -οῦ, ὁ, «βυζί»· ἴδε ἐν λέξ. μαστός. ΙΙ. εἶδος ἰχθύος, μαζίνης, ὃ ἴδε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
sein :
1 sein de l’homme;
2 sein de femme;
3 cabillaud, poisson.
Étymologie: R. Μαδ, être plein de sève ; cf. lat. madeo.
English (Autenrieth)
nipple, pap, then mother's breast.
English (Thayer)
(μασθός) (μαστός) μαστοῦ, ὁ (μάσσω to knead (more probably akin to μαδάω, Latin madidus, etc.; cf. Vanicek, p. 693; Curtius, § 456)), from Sophocles, Herodotus down; the breast (for שַׁד, Prayer of Manasseh , R G Tr WH (here Tdf. μασθοις (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 149a), Lachmann μαζοις); breasts of a woman, Luke 23:29.
Greek Monolingual
(I)
μαζός, ὁ (Α)
βλ. μαστός.
(II)
μαζός, ο (Α)
το ψάρι μάξεινος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μαζός: ὁ эп.-ион. = μαστός.
Frisk Etymological English
1.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: breast
See also: s. μαστός.
2.
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: a fish (Epich. 69)
Other forms: also μαζέας = the fish ἥπατος (Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2, 58); and μαζεινός or μαξεινός (Doris ap. Ath. 315f). S. Thompson, Fishes s.v.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: The variation has no parallel, but rather points to a Pre-Greek word. LSJ notes: prob. for μαζίνης in Thphr. Fr. 171.2.
