"μαστός" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /mas.tós/, /masˈtos/, /masˈtos/, /mas.tós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /masˈtos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /masˈtos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /masˈtos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /masˈtos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps related to μαδάω (madáō, “to be moist”). If so, then from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, glossy, fat, well-fed”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μαδάω||to be moist}} μαδάω (madáō, “to be moist”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|id=wet|t=wet, glossy, fat, well-fed}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, glossy, fat, well-fed”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μᾰστός|μᾰστοῦ|m|second}} μᾰστός • (mastós) m (genitive μᾰστοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μᾰστός|μᾰστοῦ}} Forms: μᾰστός [canonical], mastós [romanization], μᾰστοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μᾰστός [nominative, singular], τὼ μᾰστώ [dual, nominative], οἱ μᾰστοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ μᾰστοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν μᾰστοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μᾰστῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μᾰστῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν μᾰστοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς μᾰστοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν μᾰστόν [accusative, singular], τὼ μᾰστώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς μᾰστούς [accusative, plural], μᾰστέ [singular, vocative], μᾰστώ [dual, vocative], μᾰστοί [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) (especially of women) The human breast.
    (zootomy, rarely) (of animals) An udder.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-μαστός-grc-noun-1Xm0jJVs Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 24 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 23 21 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 16 22 22 22 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  2. (anatomy) (especially of women) The human breast.
    The breast. (of all mammals, in general)
    Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-μαστός-grc-noun-rqpkU7bE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 24 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 23 21 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 16 22 22 22 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:
    A round hill or knoll.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-μαστός-grc-noun-Eor4jErq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 24 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 23 21 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 16 22 22 22
  4. (figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:
    A round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-μαστός-grc-noun-d10USpbd Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 24 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 23 21 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 16 22 22 22
  5. (figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:
    (among the Paphians) A breast-shaped cup.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-μαστός-grc-noun-9Z61zu4m Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 25 24 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 23 21 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 16 22 22 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μαζός (mazós) [Ionic], Epic, μασδός (masdós) [Doric], μασθός (masthós) Derived forms: βᾰρῠ́μᾰστος (barúmastos), μᾰστόδεσμος (mastódesmos), μᾰστόδετον (mastódeton), μᾰστοειδής (mastoeidḗs), μᾰστώδης (mastṓdēs), μᾰστᾰ́ρῐον (mastárion), μᾰστῐ́ον (mastíon), πρόμᾰστος (prómastos), φῐλόμᾰστος (philómastos)

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "barúmastos",
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        "(of animals) An udder."
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        "(among the Paphians) A breast-shaped cup."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mas.tós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mas.tós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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    {
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      "roman": "mazós",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "μαζός"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Epic"
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    {
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      "roman": "masdós",
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        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μασδός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "masthós",
      "word": "μασθός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μαστός"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "barúmastos",
      "word": "βᾰρῠ́μᾰστος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastódesmos",
      "word": "μᾰστόδεσμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastódeton",
      "word": "μᾰστόδετον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastoeidḗs",
      "word": "μᾰστοειδής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastṓdēs",
      "word": "μᾰστώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastárion",
      "word": "μᾰστᾰ́ρῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mastíon",
      "word": "μᾰστῐ́ον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prómastos",
      "word": "πρόμᾰστος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "philómastos",
      "word": "φῐλόμᾰστος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mastos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mastos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mastos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαδάω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to be moist"
      },
      "expansion": "μαδάω (madáō, “to be moist”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂d-",
        "id": "wet",
        "t": "wet, glossy, fat, well-fed"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, glossy, fat, well-fed”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to μαδάω (madáō, “to be moist”). If so, then from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, glossy, fat, well-fed”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μᾰστός",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mastós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰστοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ μᾰστός",
      "roman": "ho mastós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰστώ",
      "roman": "tṑ mastṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ μᾰστοί",
      "roman": "hoi mastoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μᾰστοῦ",
      "roman": "toû mastoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰστοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mastoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μᾰστῶν",
      "roman": "tôn mastôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μᾰστῷ",
      "roman": "tôi mastôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾰστοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn mastoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μᾰστοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs mastoîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν μᾰστόν",
      "roman": "tòn mastón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾰστώ",
      "roman": "tṑ mastṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς μᾰστούς",
      "roman": "toùs mastoús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰστέ",
      "roman": "masté",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰστώ",
      "roman": "mastṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾰστοί",
      "roman": "mastoí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰστός",
        "2": "μᾰστοῦ",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μᾰστός • (mastós) m (genitive μᾰστοῦ); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾰστός",
        "2": "μᾰστοῦ"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy",
        "grc:Animal body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(especially of women) The human breast.",
        "(of animals) An udder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "udder",
          "udder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) (especially of women) The human breast.",
        "(zootomy, rarely) (of animals) An udder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(especially of women) The human breast.",
        "The breast. (of all mammals, in general)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) (especially of women) The human breast.",
        "The breast. (of all mammals, in general)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "A round hill or knoll."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "A round hill or knoll."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "A round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ],
        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "A round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "A breast-shaped cup."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "Paphian",
          "Paphian"
        ],
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "among the Paphians",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any round, breast-shaped object:",
        "(among the Paphians) A breast-shaped cup."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mas.tós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mas.tós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/masˈtos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mazós",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "μαζός"
    },
    {
      "word": "Epic"
    },
    {
      "roman": "masdós",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μασδός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "masthós",
      "word": "μασθός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μαστός"
}

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