μᾶζα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[μάσσω]], on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.2.937; later [[μάζα]] Moer.p.258 P.)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[barley]]-[[cake]], Archil.2, Hdt.1.200, Democr.246, etc.; ἀμολγαίη Hes.''Op.''590; [[κυρβαίη]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[κυρκαίη]]) Hom.''Epigr.''15.6; φυστή Ar.''V.''610: distinguished from [[ἄρτος]] ([[wheaten]] [[bread]]), Hp.''VM''8, cf. ''Acut.'' 37, ''Aff.''52, Ar.''Ec.''606, Antiph.226.1, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.2.11, Ath.3.114e; μ. καὶ [[ὕδωρ]] Epicur.''Ep.''3p.64U.; [[δουλία]]ς μάζης [[τυχεῖν]] = to [[eat]] the [[bread]] of [[slavery]], A.''Ag.''1041: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀγαθὴ καὶ μᾶζα μετ' ἄρτον]], of [[second]] [[best]] things, Zen.1.12; [[μᾶζαν μεμαχώς]] = having [[bake]]d a [[cake]], with a play on μάχην [[μεμαχημένος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''55.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[lump]], [[mass]], [[ball]], [[LXX]] ''Bel''27, Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] παλάθαι; χρυσοῦ J.''AJ''5.1.10, cf. Dsc.5.79: especially in Alchemy, [[amalgam]], [[ἀνέκλειπτος]] μ. ''PHolm.''2.17, ''PLeid.X.''7.