μάσταξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ (Lyc.687), (μασάομαι) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that with which one chews, mouth, jaws</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσὶ πίεζε</b> he stopped his [[mouth]] with his hands, <span class="bibl">Od.4.287</span>; <b class="b3">με… ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν</b> seizing me by the [[mouth]], <span class="bibl">23.76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alcm.144</span>; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι Lyc. l. c.; μάστακι ποππύζων <span class="title">AP</span>5.284.6 (Agath.), cf. <span class="bibl">293.16</span> (Id.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> v. [[μύσταξ]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[μάσημα]], [[mouthful]], [[morsel]], ὡς δ' ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακ', ἐπεί κε λάβῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.9.324</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.753.62</span>; μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.39</span>; of the olive, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.271</span>; others expl. in Il. l. c. as dat. [[μάστακι]] [[in its beak]], Apollon.<span class="title">Lex.</span> s.v. [[μάσταξ]], Plu.2.494d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[locust]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>716</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>802</span>, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>216.9</span>. (Cf. [[μέστακα]].)</span>