γνάθ-ος [ᾰ], ἡ,
jaw, Prose form of γναθμός, also frequently in Poets, γ. ἱππείη [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.13 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄνω, ἡ κάτω γ., [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ γ. καὶ τὸ ἄνω τῆς γ. (where γνάθος, = lower jaw) [[ [prev. author] 9.83 ] Refs]; ἔπαγε γνάθον take your teeth to it! [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 370 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γνάθου δοῦλος a greedy fellow, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 282.5; also ὄνου γ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 434: frequently in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 664a11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 cheek, in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.424, etc.; τὰς γ. φυσῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 47, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).423. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 370, compare “Ch.” 280 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also τραχεῖα πόντου Σαλμυδησσία γ., of jagged rocks, [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 726. ] Refs]
__II point of a wedge, [[[prev. work] 64. ] Refs]