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μαστός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαστός μαστοῦ

Structure: μαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. human breast, mamma, (rarely of animals) udder

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἣ δὲ τὸν ἐμὸν ὠδίνων πόνον μαστοῖσ ὑφεῖτο καὶ πόσιν πείθει τεκεῖν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:14)
  • ματρὸσ ἐμᾶσ ἢ διδύμοι‐ σι γάλακτοσ παρὰ μαστοῖσ ἢ πρὸσ ἀδελ‐ φῶν οὐλόμεν’ αἰκίσματα νεκρῶν; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric12)
  • εἰ γὰρ γυναῖκεσ ἐσ τόδ’ ἥξουσιν θράσουσ, ἄνδρασ φονεύειν, καταφυγὰσ ποιούμεναι ἐσ τέκνα, μαστοῖσ τὸν ἔλεον θηρώμεναι, παρ’ οὐδὲν αὐταῖσ ἦν ἂν ὀλλύναι πόσεισ ἐπίκλημ’ ἐχούσαισ ὅ τι τύχοι. (Euripides, episode, iambic 12:2)
  • ὁ δὲ λαβὼν αὐτὸν ἔτρεφε σπλάγχνοισ λεόντων καὶ συῶν ἀγρίων καὶ ἄρκτων μυελοῖσ, καὶ ὠνόμασεν Ἀχιλλέα πρότερον δὲ ἦν ὄνομα αὐτῷ Λιγύρων ὅτι τὰ χείλη μαστοῖσ οὐ προσήνεγκε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 13 6:5)
  • ζῶμά τοι, ὦ Λατωΐ, καὶ ἀνθεμόεντα κύπασσιν, καὶ μίτραν μαστοῖσ σφιγκτὰ περιπλομέναν, θήκατο Τιμάεσσα, δυσωδίνοιο γενέθλασ ἀργαλέον δεκάτῳ μηνὶ φυγοῦσα βάροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2721)

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