μάσταξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, possibly of Pre-Greek origin and related to μασάομαι (masáomai) and μαστάζω (mastázō). The formation is similar to πόρταξ (pórtax) and μύλαξ (múlax).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μάσταξ • (mástax) f (genitive μάστακος); third declension

  1. mouth, jaws, that with which one chews
  2. mouthful, morsel
  3. locust (because of its voracity)

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: mastax
  • English: mastoid
  • Translingual: Mastax

Further reading

  • μάσταξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μάσταξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μάσταξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μάσταξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μάσταξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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