γνάθ-ος[ᾰ],ἡ ,
A. jaw, Prose form ofγναθμός, also freq. in Poets, γ. ἱππείη
Hom. Epigr. 14.13
;ἡ ἄνω, ἡ κάτω γ., Hp. Art. 30 , cf. Hdt. 2.68 ;καὶ γ. καὶ τὸ ἄνω τῆς γ.(whereγνάθος,= lower jaw) Id. 9.83 ;ἔπαγε γνάθονtake yourteethto it! Ar. V. 370 ;γνάθου δοῦλοςa greedy fellow, E. Fr. 282.5 ; also ὄνου γ.
Eup. 434
: freq. in pl., Pl. Phdr. 254e , Arist. PA 664a11 .
2. cheek, in pl., Hp. VM 19 , Gal. 2.424 , etc.; τὰς γ. φυσῶν
D. 19.314
, cf. Ruf. Onom. 47 , Gal. 18(1).423 .
3. metaph., ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις
A. Pr. 370
, cf. Ch. 280 ; alsoτραχεῖα πόντου Σαλμυδησσία γ., of jagged rocks, Id. Pr. 726 .
II. pointof a wedge, ib. 64 .