Μαζός

breast

Translated by Catharine Roth6 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 37 words
Properly [used] in reference to a man. And Homer [writes]: "he brought the bowstring to his breast, and the iron [point] to the bow."1 But by misapplication [the word is used] also in reference to a woman.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μαζός· κυρίως ἐπὶ ἀνδρός. καὶ Ὅμηρος· νευρὴν μὲν μαζῷ πέλασεν, τόξῳ δὲ σίδηρον. καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ γυναικός.

Betacode
*mazo/s: kuri/ws e)pi\ a)ndro/s. kai\ *(/omhros: neurh\n me\n mazw=| pe/lasen, to/cw| de\ si/dhron. kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ e)pi\ gunaiko/s.

Notes (1)

  1. Grammarians such as Ammonius and Eustathius assert that mazo/s is used of a man's breast and masto/s of a woman's, but observed usage does not support this claim. See LSJ s.v. and cf. mu 250.
  2. 1Homer, Iliad 4.123 (web address 1). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Apr 2013
  1. tweaking — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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