μαστός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαζός (Ionic, Epic)
• μασδός (Doric)
• μασθός

Etymology

Perhaps related to μαδάω (madaō, “to be moist”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /mastós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /mastós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /mastós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /mastós/

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

Noun

μαστός (genitive μαστοῦ) m, second declension; (mastos)

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

Second declension of μαστός, μαστοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μαστός	μαστώ	μαστοί
Genitive	μαστοῦ	μαστοῖν	μαστῶν
Dative	μαστῷ	μαστοῖν	μαστοῖς
Accusative	μαστόν	μαστώ	μαστούς
Vocative	μαστέ	μαστώ	μαστοί

Usage notes

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

References

• LSJ 8th edition

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Greek

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *maHd- (“wet, glossy, fat, well-fed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [maˈsto̞s]

Noun

μαστός (mastós) m,   plural μαστοί

1. breast

Inflection

declension of μαστός

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	μαστός	μαστοί
genitive (γενική)	μαστού	μαστών
accusative (αιτιατική)	μαστό	μαστούς
vocative (κλητική)	μαστέ	μαστοί

Synonyms

• βυζί