μύσταξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,
Doric dialect and Laconian dialect for μάσταξ, and always masculine, whereas μάσταξ is feminine:— upper lip or moustache, [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 65, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 113, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.4, LXX.2Ki.19.24(25) ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; the Spartan Ephors on coming into office issued an edict, κείρεσθαι τὸν μύστακα καὶ προσέχειν τοῖς νόμοις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 539. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]