| |Definition=τό, Aeol. [[στύμα]] <span class="bibl">Theoc.29.25</span>; gen. στόματος, but <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> στομάτοιο <span class="title">Hymn.Mag.</span>2(2).10,28:—[[mouth]], <span class="bibl">Il.14.467</span>, etc.; σύν τε στόμ' ἐρεῖσαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.426</span>; <b class="b3">ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Sol.25</span>; of animals, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>146</span>,<span class="bibl">389</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1156</span> (lyr.), etc.:—pl. is sometimes used for sg., <b class="b3">ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν</b>, of [[kiss]]ing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>938</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>403</span> (lyr.), and freq. in later Poets, <span class="bibl">A.R. 4.1607</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>210</span>, <span class="bibl">240</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">πτολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης στόμα</b>, the [[very]] [[jaw]]s of the [[battle]], as of a [[devouring]] [[monster]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.8</span>, <span class="bibl">20.359</span> (but cf. infr. <span class="bibl">111.1</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. the [[mouth]] as the [[organ]] of [[speech]], δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ' <span class="bibl">2.489</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.18</span>; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀνᾱγήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.19</span>; freq. in Trag., <b class="b3">σ. τὸ Δῖον</b> the [[mouth]] of [[Zeus]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1032</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>350.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>603</span>; τοῦ στόματος τὸ στρογγύλον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>471</span>; <b class="b3">Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν στόμα</b> their [[mouthpiece]], [[organ]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.72</span>; <b class="b3">Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα</b>, of [[Homer]], <span class="title">AP</span>7.4 (Paul. Sil.), cf. 7.6 (Antip. Sid.), 7.75 (Antip.), 9.184; τὸ μισόχρηστον σ. τῆς κωμῳδίας <span class="bibl">Phld. <span class="title">Piet.</span>p.93G.</span>; [[speech]], [[utterance]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>426</span>,<span class="bibl">706</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>132</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς τόδ' ἐξελθόντος ἀνόσιον στόμα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">981</span>; <b class="b3">κἂν καλὸν φορῇ στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>930</span>; τὸ σὸν . . σ. ἐλεινόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>671</span>; διδόναι σ. καὶ σοφίαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>21.15</span>: in plural of a single speaker, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1220</span> (lyr.):—special phrases: <b class="b3">οἴγειν στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>611</span>; <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1060</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.96</span>; <b class="b3">διᾶραι τὸ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D. 19.112</span>; [[κοίμησον στόμα]] = [[keep silence]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1247</span>; [[δάκνειν στόμα]], i.e. to [[keep a stern silence]] (cf. [[ὀδάξ]]), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>397</span>; ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>977</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>897</span>; so <b class="b3">κλῄσας στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>865</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμα</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1283</span>; <b class="b3">σῖγ' ἕξομεν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>660</span>; <b class="b3">εὖ ἔχειν στόμα</b> = [[εὐφημεῖν]], <span class="bibl">Eup. 381</span>; <b class="b3">συγκλῄειν στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>40</span>(anap.):—of style, <b class="b3">τὸ Λυσιακὸν στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> with Preps., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b3">ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν</b> = [[have always in one's mouth]], whether for good or ill, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>80</span>; ἀνὰ σ. καὶ διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>95</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἀπὸ στόματος εἰπεῖν</b> = [[speak from memory]] (cf. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ γλώσσης</b>), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.6.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>8</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> διὰ στόμα λέγειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>579</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>103</span> (so κατὰ τὸ σ. ᾄδειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>158</span>); διὰ στόμα ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>855</span>; οἶκτος οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>51</span>; <b class="b3">πᾶσι διὰ στόματος</b> = [[it is the common talk]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> ἐν στόμασι εἶχον <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.157</span>, <span class="bibl">6.136</span>; πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασιν <span class="bibl">Thgn.240</span>; ἐν τῷ σ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>198</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> [[ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος]] = [[with one voice]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>670</span>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>364a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGiss.</span>36.13</span> (ii B.C.), Gal.15.763; so <b class="b3">ὡς ἀφ' ἑνὸς στόματος</b> <span class="title">AP</span>11.159 (Lucill.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">f</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόμα</b> = [[on one's face]], [[face-foremost]], <b class="b3">ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς . . ἐπὶ στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Il.6.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.410</span>; ὡς [[κύων]] ἐπὶ στόμα κείμενος Archil.<span class="title">Supp.</span>2.9; <b class="b3">ὗς ἔκειτ' ἐπὶ στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Men.21</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόμα κεῖται</b> [[lie]]s [[prone]], of the [[right]] [[ventricle]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>4</span>; [[ἐπὶ στόμα]] = [[pronus]], Gloss.; ἐπὶ στόμα πεσόντα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>29</span>; ἐπὶ στόμα φερόμενον ἐν πᾶσι Timae. ap.<span class="bibl">Plb.12.8.4</span>; also <b class="b3">ὅ τι νῦν ἦλθ' ἐπὶ στόμα</b> whatever came [[uppermost]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>351</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ</b> [[by the command]] of [[Pharaoh]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">4 Ki.</span>23.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">g</span> <b class="b3">κατὰ στόμα</b> [[face to face]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.11</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>801</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>409</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.26</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κατὰ στόμα θεοί</b> (cf. [[ἀντήλιος|ἀντήλιοι]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>781.33</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ σ. τινός</b> [[confront]]ed with him, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>855d</span>; στόμα κατὰ στόμα λαλήσω αὐτῷ <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Nu.</span>12.8</span>; στόμα πρὸς στόμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Jo.</span>12</span>, <span class="title">3 Ep.Jo.</span>14, <span class="title">PMag.Berol.</span>1.39. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[mouth]] of a [[river]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.441</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>847</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.17</span>, etc.; so <b class="b3">ἠϊόνος στόμα μακρόν</b> the [[wide]] [[mouth]] of the [[bay]], <span class="bibl">Il.14.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.10.90</span>; στόμα τοῦ Πόντου <span class="bibl">Th.4.75</span>; [[κόλπου]] ib.<span class="bibl">49</span>; τὸ στόμα τῆς ἐσβολῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1107</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄνω στόμα [τῆς διώρυχος</b>] the [[width]] of the [[trench]] at [[top]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span> (but <b class="b3">τὰ στόματα τῆς διώρυχος</b> [[mouth]]s, ib.<span class="bibl">37</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> any [[outlet]] or [[entrance]], ἀργαλέον στόμα λαύρης <span class="bibl">Od.22.137</span>; σ. τῆς ἀγυιᾶς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.4</span>; σ. φρέατος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.25</span>; στόμα καδίσκου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>581</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.251 (Phil.); <b class="b3">χθόνιον Ἄιδα στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.44</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν διεξόδων στόματα</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 251d</span>; [[ἑπτάπυλον στόμα]] = the [[seven]] [[gate]]s of [[Thebes]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>119</span> (lyr.): Medic., <b class="b3">στόμα τῶν μητρέων, στόμα τῶν ὑστερέων</b> = [[os uteri]] (not distinguished from the [[cervix]]), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.36</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aph.</span>5.46</span>; τῆς κοιλίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span> 94b15</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.50</span>; γαστρός <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>20</span>, Gal.5.274; ([[ἕλκους]]) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 863a11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[foremost part]], [[face]], [[front]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of weapons, [[point]], κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">Il.15.389</span>; [ὁ κριὸς] ἔχει σ. σιδηροῦν Ath. Mech.<span class="bibl">24.2</span>; τὸ σ. τῆς αἰχμῆς <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>19.4</span>; [[edge]] of a [[sword]], μαχαίρας Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>3.5, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>21.24</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐθηλύνθην στόμα</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>651</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> the [[front ranks]] of the [[battle]], the [[front]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ στόματος</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρᾶς</b>) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.3.4</span>; τὸ στόμα τοῦ πλαισίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.4.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.12.7</span> (so perhaps <b class="b3">στόμα πολέμοιο, στόμα ὑσμίνης</b> in Hom., v. supr.<span class="bibl">1.1</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> τὸ τῶν λοχαγῶν τάγμα στόμα καλεῖται Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>2.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρον στόμα πύργων</b> the [[edge]] or [[top]] of the [[tower]]s, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1166</span>; [[πρὸς τῷ στόματι τοῦ βίου]] = [[at the very verge of life]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>11.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀμφαλός]] <span class="bibl">111.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.3</span>. (Cf. Avest. staman-, m. 'mouth (of dog)', Welsh safn 'mouth'.)</span> | | |Definition=τό, Aeol. [[στύμα]] Theoc.29.25; gen. στόματος, but<br><span class="bld">A</span> στομάτοιο ''Hymn.Mag.''2(2).10,28:—[[mouth]], Il.14.467, etc.; σύν τε στόμ' ἐρεῖσαι Od.11.426; <b class="b3">ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ</b>. Sol.25; of animals, Hes.''Sc.''146,389, S.''Ph.''1156 (lyr.), etc.:—pl. is sometimes used for sg., <b class="b3">ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν</b>, of [[kiss]]ing, Id.''Tr.''938, cf. E.''Alc.''403 (lyr.), and freq. in later Poets, A.R. 4.1607, Nic.''Al.''210, 240, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">πτολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης στόμα</b>, the [[very]] [[jaw]]s of the [[battle]], as of a [[devouring]] [[monster]], Il.10.8, 20.359 (but cf. infr. 111.1).<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. the [[mouth]] as the [[organ]] of [[speech]], δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ' 2.489, cf. Thgn.18; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀνᾱγήσασθαι Pi.''N.''10.19; freq. in Trag., <b class="b3">σ. τὸ Δῖον</b> the [[mouth]] of [[Zeus]], A.''Pr.''1032; <b class="b3">τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς στόμα</b> Id.''Fr.''350.5, cf. S.''OC''603; τοῦ στόματος τὸ στρογγύλον Ar.''Fr.''471; <b class="b3">Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν στόμα</b> their [[mouthpiece]], [[organ]], Theoc.7.37, cf. Mosch.3.72; <b class="b3">Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν στόμα</b>, of [[Homer]], ''AP''7.4 (Paul. Sil.), cf. 7.6 (Antip. Sid.), 7.75 (Antip.), 9.184; τὸ μισόχρηστον σ. τῆς κωμῳδίας Phld. ''Piet.''p.93G.; [[speech]], [[utterance]], S.''OT''426,706, ''OC''132 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς τόδ' ἐξελθόντος ἀνόσιον στόμα</b> ib.981; <b class="b3">κἂν καλὸν φορῇ στόμα</b> Id.''Fr.''930; τὸ σὸν.. σ. ἐλεινόν Id.''OT''671; διδόναι σ. καὶ σοφίαν ''Ev.Luc.''21.15: in plural of a single speaker, S.''OT''1220 (lyr.):—special phrases: <b class="b3">οἴγειν στόμα</b> A. ''Pr.''611; <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω στόμα</b> E.''Hipp.''1060, cf. Isoc.12.96; <b class="b3">διᾶραι τὸ σ</b>. D. 19.112; [[κοίμησον στόμα]] = [[keep silence]], A.''Ag.''1247; [[δάκνειν στόμα]], i.e. to [[keep a stern silence]] (cf. [[ὀδάξ]]), Id.''Fr.''397; ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν S.''Tr.''977 (anap.); <b class="b3">ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ στόμα</b> Id.''Fr.''897; so <b class="b3">κλῄσας στόμα</b> E.''Ph.''865; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμα</b>; Id.''Hec.''1283; <b class="b3">σῖγ' ἕξομεν σ</b>. Id.''Hipp.''660; <b class="b3">εὖ ἔχειν στόμα</b> = [[εὐφημεῖν]], Eup. 381; <b class="b3">συγκλῄειν στόμα</b> Ar.''Th.''40(anap.):—of style, <b class="b3">τὸ Λυσιακὸν στόμα</b> D.H.''Lys.'' 12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with Preps.,<br><span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b3">ἀνὰ στόμα ἔχειν</b> = [[have always in one's mouth]], whether for good or ill, E.''El.''80; ἀνὰ σ. καὶ διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν Id.''Andr.''95.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἀπὸ στόματος εἰπεῖν</b> = [[speak from memory]] (cf. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ γλώσσης</b>), Pl.''Tht.''142d, X.''Mem.''3.6.9, Philem.48, Plu.''Sol.''8, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> διὰ στόμα λέγειν A.''Th.''579, cf. E.''Or.''103 (so κατὰ τὸ σ. ᾄδειν Ar.''Nu.''158); διὰ στόμα ἔχειν Id.''Lys.''855; οἶκτος οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα A.''Th.''51; <b class="b3">πᾶσι διὰ στόματος</b> = [[it is the common talk]], Theoc.12.21.<br><span class="bld">d</span> ἐν στόμασι εἶχον Hdt.3.157, 6.136; πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασιν Thgn.240; ἐν τῷ σ. λέγειν Ar.''Ach.''198.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος]] = [[with one voice]], Id.''Eq.''670. Pl.''R.''364a, ''PGiss.''36.13 (ii B.C.), Gal.15.763; so <b class="b3">ὡς ἀφ' ἑνὸς στόματος</b> ''AP''11.159 (Lucill.).<br><span class="bld">f</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόμα</b> = [[on one's face]], [[face-foremost]], <b class="b3">ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς.. ἐπὶ στόμα</b> Il.6.43, cf. 16.410; ὡς [[κύων]] ἐπὶ στόμα κείμενος Archil.''Supp.''2.9; <b class="b3">ὗς ἔκειτ' ἐπὶ στόμα</b> Men.21; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόμα κεῖται</b> [[lie]]s [[prone]], of the [[right]] [[ventricle]], Hp.''Cord.''4; [[ἐπὶ στόμα]] = [[pronus]], Gloss.; ἐπὶ στόμα πεσόντα Plu.''Art.''29; ἐπὶ στόμα φερόμενον ἐν πᾶσι Timae. ap.Plb.12.8.4; also <b class="b3">ὅ τι νῦν ἦλθ' ἐπὶ στόμα</b> whatever came [[uppermost]], A.''Fr.''351; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ</b> [[by the command]] of [[Pharaoh]], [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''23.35.<br><span class="bld">g</span> <b class="b3">κατὰ στόμα</b> [[face to face]], Hdt.8.11, E.''Heracl.''801, ''Rh.''409, X.''An.''5.2.26; <b class="b3">οἱ κατὰ στόμα θεοί</b> (cf. [[ἀντήλιος|ἀντήλιοι]]) E.''Fr.''781.33; <b class="b3">κατὰ σ. τινός</b> [[confront]]ed with him, Pl.''Lg.''855d; στόμα κατὰ στόμα λαλήσω αὐτῷ [[LXX]] ''Nu.''12.8; στόμα πρὸς στόμα ''2 Ep.Jo.''12, ''3 Ep.Jo.''14, ''PMag.Berol.''1.39.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[mouth]] of a [[river]], Il.12.24, Od.5.441, A.''Pr.''847, Hdt.2.17, etc.; so <b class="b3">ἠϊόνος στόμα μακρόν</b> the [[wide]] [[mouth]] of the [[bay]], Il.14.36, cf. Od.10.90; στόμα τοῦ Πόντου Th.4.75; [[κόλπου]] ib.49; τὸ στόμα τῆς ἐσβολῆς Ar.''Ec.''1107; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄνω στόμα [τῆς διώρυχος</b>] the [[width]] of the [[trench]] at [[top]], Hdt.7.23 (but <b class="b3">τὰ στόματα τῆς διώρυχος</b> [[mouth]]s, ib.37).<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[outlet]] or [[entrance]], ἀργαλέον στόμα λαύρης Od.22.137; σ. τῆς ἀγυιᾶς X.''Cyr.''2.4.4; σ. φρέατος Id.''An.''4.5.25; στόμα καδίσκου Ar.''Fr.''581, cf. ''AP''6.251 (Phil.); <b class="b3">χθόνιον Ἄιδα στόμα</b> Pi.''P.''4.44; <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν διεξόδων στόματα</b> Pl.''Phdr.'' 251d; [[ἑπτάπυλον στόμα]] = the [[seven]] [[gate]]s of [[Thebes]], S.''Ant.''119 (lyr.): Medic., <b class="b3">στόμα τῶν μητρέων, στόμα τῶν ὑστερέων</b> = [[os uteri]] (not distinguished from the [[cervix]]), Hp.''Mul.''1.36, ''Aph.''5.46; τῆς κοιλίας Arist.''APo.'' 94b15, Sor.1.50; γαστρός Nic.''Al.''20, Gal.5.274; ([[ἕλκους]]) Arist.''Pr.'' 863a11.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[foremost part]], [[face]], [[front]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> of weapons, [[point]], κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ Il.15.389; [ὁ κριὸς] ἔχει σ. σιδηροῦν Ath. Mech.24.2; τὸ σ. τῆς αἰχμῆς Philostr.''Her.''19.4; [[edge]] of a [[sword]], μαχαίρας Ascl.''Tact.''3.5, ''Ev.Luc.''21.24, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">ἐθηλύνθην στόμα</b> S.''Aj.''651.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[front ranks]] of the [[battle]], the [[front]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ στόματος</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῆς οὐρᾶς</b>) X.''An.''3.4.42, cf. ''HG''4.3.4; τὸ στόμα τοῦ πλαισίου Id.''An.''3.4.43, cf. 5.4.22, Plb.10.12.7 (so perhaps <b class="b3">στόμα πολέμοιο, στόμα ὑσμίνης</b> in Hom., v. supr.1.1).<br><span class="bld">c</span> τὸ τῶν λοχαγῶν τάγμα στόμα καλεῖται Ascl.''Tact.''2.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρον στόμα πύργων</b> the [[edge]] or [[top]] of the [[tower]]s, E.''Ph.''1166; [[πρὸς τῷ στόματι τοῦ βίου]] = [[at the very verge of life]], X.''Ages.''11.15.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀμφαλός]] 111.3, Ael.''Tact.''7.3. (Cf. Avest. staman-, m. 'mouth (of dog)', Welsh safn 'mouth'.) |