μάσταξ: Difference between revisions

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