Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ναστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναστός ναστή ναστόν

Structure: ναστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. close- pressed, a well-kneaded cake, cheese-cake

Examples

  • "ποταμοὶ μὲν ἀθάρησ καὶ μέλανοσ ζωμοῦ πλέῳ διὰ τῶν στενωπῶν τονθολνγοῦντεσ ἔρρεον αὐταῖσι μυστίλαισι καὶ ναστῶν τρύφη, ὥστ’ εὐμαρῆ γε καὐτομάτην τὴν ἔνθεσιν χωρεῖν λιπαρὰν κατὰ τοῦ λάρυγγοσ τοῖσ νεκροῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:144)
  • "ἀλλ’ ὅ γε Μεταγένησ τάδε φησίν ὁ μὲν ποταμὸσ ὁ Κρᾶθισ ἡμῖν καταφέρει μάζασ μεγίστασ αὐτομάτασ μεμαγμένασ, ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ ὠθεῖ κῦμα ναστῶν καὶ κρεῶν ἑφθῶν τε βατίδων εἰλυομένων αὐτόσε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:165)
  • Περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν καὶ ναστῶν α# β#. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. z'. DHMOKRITOS 14:24)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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