στόμα, τό,
Aeolic dialect στύμα [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.25 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; genitive στόματος, but στομάτοιο [[ “Hymni Magici” 2(2).10,28] Refs]:—mouth, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.467, etc.; σύν τε στόμ᾽ ἐρεῖσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.426 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱμείρων γλυκεροῦ σ. [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 25 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of animals, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 146, 389, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1156 (Lyric poetry), etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —_plural_ is sometimes used for _sing._, ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν, of kissing, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 938, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 403 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], and frequently in later Poets, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1607, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 210, 240, etc.: _metaphorically_, πτολέμοιο, ὑσμίνης στόμα] Refs 3rd c.BC+], the very jaws of the battle, as of a devouring monster, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.8, 20.359 (but compare below 111.1). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 especially the mouth as the organ of speech, δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ᾽ [[ 2.489, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 18; βραχύ μοι σ. πάντ᾽ ἀνᾱγήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.19 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; frequently in Trag., σ. τὸ Δῖον the mouth of Zeus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1032 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ Φοίβου θεῖον ἀψευδὲς σ. [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 350.5, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 603; τοῦ στόματος τὸ στρογγύλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 471 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν σ. their mouthpiece, organ, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.37, compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.72 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Πιερίδων τὸ σοφὸν σ., of Homer, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.4 (Paul. Sil.), compare 7.6 (Antip. Sid.), 7.75 (Antip.), 9.184; τὸ μισόχρηστον σ. τῆς κωμῳδίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” p.93G. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; speech, utterance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 426, 706, “OC” 132 (Lyric poetry), etc.; εἰς τόδ᾽ ἐξελθόντος ἀνόσιον σ. [prev. work] 981 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν καλὸν φορῇ σ. [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 930; τὸ σὸν.. σ. ἐλεινόν [prev. author] “OT” 671; διδόναι σ. καὶ σοφίαν NT.Luke.21.15 ] NT]: in plural of a single speaker, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1220 (Lyric poetry):—special phrases: οἴγειν σ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 611 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν οὐ λύω σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1060, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.96 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διᾶραι τὸ σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.112 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κοίμησον σ. keep silence, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1247 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δάκνειν σ., i.e. to keep a stern silence (compare ὀδάξ), [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 397; ἴσχε δακὼν σ. σόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 977 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντι πρῖε τὸ σ. [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 897 ] Refs]; so κλῄσας σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 865 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐφέξετε σ.; [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 1283 ] Refs]; σῖγ᾽ ἕξομεν σ. [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 660 ] Refs]; εὖ ἔχειν σ.,= εὐφημεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 381 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγκλῄειν σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 40 (_anapaest meter_):—of style, τὸ Λυσιακὸν σ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]