μαστίχη
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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.
