μᾶζα
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μᾶζα
μάζης
Structure:
μαζ
(Stem)
+
α
(Ending)
Sense
- barley-bread or cake
Declension
First 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.
- καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ Δανιὴλ πίσσαν καὶ στέαρ καὶ τρίχασ καὶ ἥψησεν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐποίησε μάζασ καὶ ἔδωκεν εἰσ τὸ στόμα τοῦ δράκοντοσ, καὶ φαγὼν διερράγη ὁ δράκων. καὶ εἶπεν. ἴδετε τά σεβάσματα ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 12:39)
- πάντα γὰρ ἕξουσιν ἅπαντεσ, ἄρτουσ τεμάχη μάζασ χλαίνασ οἶνον στεφάνουσ ἐρεβίνθουσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 1:4)
- ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ καὶ μάζασ καὶ ἄρτουσ, ὀνομάζεται δὲ ὁ λιμὴν καὶ ὁ τόποσ οὗτοσ Δῖνοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 8 3:1)
- οἳ δὲ μάζασ ἐκ τούτων τῶν ἀλεύρων πέσσουσι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 29 12:3)
- ποττὰν κοπίδ’, οἰῶ, σώμαι ἐν Ἀμυκλαῖον παρ’ Ἀπέλλω, εἷ βάρακεσ πολλαὶ κἄρτοι καὶ δωμὸσ τοι μάλα ἁδύσ, διαρρήδην λέγων μάζασ ἐν ταῖσ κοπίσι παρατίθεσθαι ‐ τοῦτο γὰρ αἱ βάρακεσ δηλοῦσιν, οὐχὶ τολύπασ, ὥσ φησι Λυκόφρων, ἢ τὰ προφυράματα τῶν μαζῶν, ὡσ Ἐρατοσθένησ ‐ καὶ ἄρτουσ δὲ καὶ ζωμόν τινα καθηδυσμένον περιττῶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 17 4:2)
Synonyms
-
barley-bread or cake
- μαζονόμος (a trencher for serving barley cakes on)
- ἄρτος (a cake or loaf of wheat bread)
