μάσταξ,ᾰκος , ἡ( Lyc. 687 ), (μασάομαι)
A. that with which one chews, mouth, jaws,ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσὶ πίεζεhe stopped hismouthwith his hands, Od. 4.287 ;με . . ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίνseizing me by themouth, 23.76 , cf. Alcm. 144 ; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι
Lyc.
l. c.; μάστακι ποππύζων
AP 5.284.6
( Agath. ), cf. 293.16 (Id.).
2.
v. μύσταξ .
II.
= μάσημα ,mouthful, morsel, ὡς δ' ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακ', ἐπεί κε λάβῃσι
Il. 9.324
, cf. Eust. 753.62 ; μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν
Theoc. 14.39
; of the olive, Call. Iamb. 1.271 ; others expl. in Il. l. c. as dat.μάστακι in its beak, Apollon. Lex.