μάσταξ
mastax
that with which one chews, mouth, jaws
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μάσταξ, ᾰκος, ἡ ( 687), (μασάομαι)
‹ All lexicon entries that with which one chews, mouth, jaws, ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσὶ πίεζε he stopped his mouth with his hands, Od. 4.287; με . . ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν seizing me by the mouth, 23.76, cf. 144; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι l.c.; μάστακι ποππύζων AP 5.284.6 (), cf. 293.16 ().
2. v. μύσταξ.
II. = μάσημα, mouthful, morsel, ὡς δʼ ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακʼ, ἐπεί κε λάβῃσι Il. 9.324, cf. 753.62; μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν 14.39; of the olive, Iamb. 1.271; others expl. in Il. l.c. as dat. μάστακι in its beak, Lex. s.v. μάσταξ, Am. prol. 2.494d.
III. locust, Fr. 716, Th. 802, Gloss. ap. EM 216.9. (Cf. μέστακα.)