μάσταξ

mastax

that with which one chews, mouth, jaws

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 4 1
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4287
Book 23 1
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2376
Iliad 1
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Book 9 1
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9324

Dictionary (LSJ)

μάσταξ, ᾰκος, ἡ (Lyc. 687), (μασάομαι) A. 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. Alcm. 144; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι Lyc. l. c.; μάστακι ποππύζων AP 5.284.6 (Agath.), cf. 293.16 (Id.). 2. v. μύσταξ. II. = μάσημα, mouthful, morsel, ὡς δʼ ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακʼ, 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. s.v. μάσταξ, Plu. 2.494d. III. locust, S. Fr. 716, Nic. Th. 802, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. EM 216.9. (Cf. μέστακα.)

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