γνάθος

A. jaw, Prose form of γναθμός, also freq. in Poets, γ. ἱππείη Hom. Epigr. 14.13; ἡ ἄνω, ἡ κάτω γ., Hp. Art. 30, cf. Hdt. 2.68; καὶ γ. καὶ τὸ ἄνω τῆς γ. (where γνάθος, = lower jaw) Id. 9.83; ἔπαγε γνάθον take your teeth to it! Ar. V. 370; γνάθου δοῦλος a greedy fellow, E. Fr. 282.5; also ὄνου γ. Eup. 434: freq. in pl., Pl. Phdr. 254e, Arist. PA 664a11.

2. cheek, in pl., Hp. VM 19, Gal. 2.424, etc.; τὰς γ. φυσῶν D. 19.314, cf. Ruf. Onom. 47, Gal. 18(1).423.

3. metaph., ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις A. Pr. 370, cf. Ch. 280; also τραχεῖα πόντου Σαλμυδησσία γ., of jagged rocks, Id. Pr. 726.

II. point of a wedge, ib.64.