μαστίχη
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
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 distinguished 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.
