Μάστακα
jaws; morsel
Translated by Nick Nicholas21 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάστακα· μάσημα, τροφήν. λέγεται καὶ τὸ στόμα καὶ τὸ μάσημα ὁμωνύμως, ὡς χοίνικα καὶ τὸ μέτρον καὶ τὸ μετρούμενον.
Betacode
*ma/staka: ma/shma, trofh/n. le/getai kai\ to\ sto/ma kai\ to\ ma/shma o(mwnu/mws, w(s xoi/nika kai\ to\ me/tron kai\ to\ metrou/menon.
Notes (3)
- 1In the accusative, as in both Homeric passages mentioned in note 3 below. So glossed in Photius (mu126 Theodoridis); and "food" is a common gloss of
ma/stac in earlier authorities. ↩ - 2LSJ s.v.
ma/stac I, "that with which one chews, mouth, jaws"; s.v. II, "mouthful, morsel". ↩ - 3See chi 590. Paraphrased from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.324, which also refer across to Odyssey 4.287; and Apion distinguishes explicitly between the sense "food", as in the Iliad, and "mouth", as in the Odyssey. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- expanded note at the translator's suggestion — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics, keywords, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas