Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαζός ‎(mazós) (Ionic, Epic)
• μασδός ‎(masdós) (Doric)
• μασθός ‎(masthós)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /mastós/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mastós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mastós/

Noun

μαστός • ‎(mastós) m ‎(genitive μαστοῦ); second declension

1. human breast, mamma
   1. (rarely of animals) udder
2. any round, breast shaped object, such as a hill
   1. a round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets
   2. among the Paphians, a breast-shaped cup

Inflection

Usage notes

All usage contradicts the statement of the Grammarians that μαζός ‎(mazós) is the man's breast, μαστός ‎(mastós) the woman's.

References

• μαστός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαστός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «μαστός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μαστός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G3149”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bosom idem, page 90.
  • breast idem, page 96.
  • hillock idem, page 400.
  • hummock idem, page 410.
  • knoll idem, page 471.
  • nipple idem, page 558.
  • pap idem, page 591.
  • teat idem, page 858.
  • udder idem, page 905.
• LSJ 8th edition

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαστός ‎(mastós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈtos/
• Hyphenation: μα‧στός

Noun

μαστός • ‎(mastós) m ‎(plural μαστοί)

1. (anatomy) breast (mammary gland)
2. (zoology) udder

Declension

Synonyms

• (breast): στήθος m ‎(stíthos), βυζί n ‎(vyzí) (colloquial, vulgar)