μάσταξ

A. that with which one chews, mouth, jaws, ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσὶ πίεζε he stopped his mouth with his hands, Od. 4.287; με . . ἑλὼν ἐπὶ μάστακα χερσίν seizing me by the mouth, 23.76, cf. Alcm. 144; ἀμαυρᾶς μάστακος προσφθέγμασι Lyc. l. c.; μάστακι ποππύζων AP 5.284.6 (Agath.), cf. 293.16 (Id.).

2. v. μύσταξ.

II. = μάσημα, mouthful, morsel, ὡς δ’ ὄρνις ἀπτῆσι νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακ’, ἐπεί κε λάβῃσι Il. 9.324, cf. Eust. 753.62; μάστακα δοῖσα τέκνοισιν Theoc. 14.39; of the olive, Call. Iamb. 1.271; others expl. in Il. l. c. as dat. μάστακι in its beak, Apollon. Lex. s.v. μάσταξ, Plu. 2.494d.

III. locust, S. Fr. 716, Nic. Th. 802, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. EM 216.9. (Cf. μέστακα.)