μαστός

μαστός, ὁ, [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Ion. [full] μαζός, Hom., Hdt. (exc. in 3.133, 5.18, where codd. give μαστός; twice in codd. of Trag., A.Ch.531, E.Ba.701); [dialect] Dor. [full] μασδός Theoc.3.16,48; later [full] μασθός LXX Is.32.12 (cod.A), al., Asclep. ap. Gal.13.934, Apoc.1.13 (v.l.), IG3.238

A b, PMag.Lond.121.208, etc., also in codd. of A. Ch.545:—usage contradicts the statement of Gramm. that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός the woman's:— breast,

δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν Il.5.393

; of men's breasts,

βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο 4.528

;

βάλε στῆθος παρὰ μαζόν 8.121

, cf. Od.22.82, X.An.1.4.17, 4.3.6.

2 more freq. of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, Il.22.80; εἴ ποτέ τοι λαθικηδέα μαζὸν ἐπέσχον ib.83; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast, 24.58;

πάϊς δέ οἱ ἦν ἐπὶ μαζῷ Od. 11.448

;

σὺ δέ μ' ἔτρεφες . . τῷ σῷ ἐπὶ μαζῷ 19.483

; so

φαίνουσαι τοὺς μαζούς Hdt.2.85

;

τοὺς μ. ἀποταμοῦσα Id.4.202

;

ἐπὶ τοῦ μαστοῦ ἔφυ φῦμα Id.3.133

;

προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς S.Tr.925

; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, A.Ch.531; μαστὸν ἀμφέχασκε, of the child, ib.545, cf. 897;

μαστῶν ἀποστάς S.El.776

;

πῶλον ἀφέλξων σῶν ἀπὸ μαστῶν E.Hec.142

(anap.), etc.

b rarely of animals, udder, Id.Cyc.55 (lyr.), 207, Call.Jov.48.

c generally, of the breasts of all mammalia, Arist.HA521b21, PA688a18 sq., GA 752b23.

II metaph., any round, breast-shaped object:

1 round hill, knoll, Pi.P.4.8, X.An.4.2.6, Call.Del.48.

2 round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets, X.Cyn.2.6, cf. Poll.5.29.

3 at Paphos, breast-shaped cup, Apollod. Cyren. ap. Ath.11.487b, cf. IG7.3498 ([place name] Oropus), 11(4).1307.21 ([place name] Delos).