γαστήρ

γαστήρ, ἡ, gen. έρος, γαστρός: dat. -έρι, γαστρί (the longer forms in [dialect] Ep., Lyr., and once in Trag., E.Cyc.220): dat. pl.

A

γαστῆρσι Hp. Morb.4.54

,

γαστράσι D.C.54.22

:—paunch, belly, Il.13.372, etc.; γ. ἀσπίδος the hollow of a shield, Tyrt.11.24; belly or wide part of a bottle, Cratin.190.

2 the belly, as craving food,

κέλεται δέ ἑ γ. Od.6.133

;

βόσκειν ἣν γαστέρ' 17.228

; γαστέρι δ' οὔ πως ἔστι νέκυν πενθῆσαι, i. e. by fasting, Il.19.225;

ἐν γαστρὸς ἀνάγκαις A.Ag.726

(lyr.); to express gluttony,

γαστέρες οἶον Hes.Th.26

;

γ. ἀργαί Epimenid.1

;

ἐγκράτεια γαστρὸς καὶ ποτοῦ X.Cyr.1.2.8

, cf. Oec.9.11; γαστρὸς ἐγκρατής master of his belly, Id.Mem.1.2.1; opp. γαστρὸς ἥττων, ib.1.5.1; γαστρὶ δουλεύειν, χαρίζεσθαι, to be the slave of his belly, ib. 1.6.8, 2.1.2; γ. δελεάζεσθαι ib. 2.1.4;

τῇ γ. μετρεῖν τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν D.18.296

; τᾶς γαστρὸς φείδεσθαι, com. of one who has nothing to eat, Theoc. 21.41.

3 paunch stuffed with mincemeat, sausage, haggis, Od.18.44, 118, 20.25, Ar.Nu.409.

II womb,

ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ . . φέροι Il.6.58

; ἐκ γαττρός from the womb, from infancy, Thgn.305; ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα big with child, Hdt.3.32;

ὗν ἔχουσαν ἐν γ. PFlor.130.3

(iii A. D.);

ἐν γ. φέρουσα Pl.Lg.792e

; ἐν γ. λαβεῖν conceive, Arist.HA 632a28, AP11.18 (Nicarch.), LXX Ge.30.41, al.; συλλαμβάνειν v.l. ib. Ge.25.21, cf. Ev.Luc.1.31;

ἐς γ. βάλλεσθαι Hdt.3.28

; κατὰ γαστρὸς ἔχειν Vett. Val. 193.33;

φέρειν Gp. 16.1.3

; also

γυνὴ ἑπτὰ ἤδη γαστέρας δυστοκοῦσα Philostr.VA3.39

. (Perh.for γραστήρ, cf. γράω.)