μαστός,ὁ, Ep. , Ion.
μαζός, Hom. , Hdt. (exc. in 3.133 , 5.18 , where codd. giveμαστός; twice in codd. of Trag., A. Ch. 531 , E. Ba. 701 ); Dor.
μασδός
Theoc. 3.16 , 48 ; laterμασθός
LXX Is. 32.12 (cod.A), al., Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.934 , Apoc. 1.13 (v.l.), IG 3.238
A. b,
PMag.Lond. 121.208 , etc., also in codd. of A. Ch. 545 :—usage contradicts the statement of Gramm. thatμαζόςisthe 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. ofa woman's breast,μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, Il. 22.80 ;εἴ ποτέ τοι λαθικηδέα μαζὸν ἐπέσχονib. 83 ;γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόνsucked herbreast, 24.58 ; πάϊς δέ οἱ ἦν ἐπὶ μαζῷ