mastiche

English

Noun

mastiche (countable and uncountable, plural mastiches)

1. Alternative form of mastic

Latin

Alternative forms

• mastix

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ti.kʰeː/, [ˈmäs̠t̪ɪkʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.ti.ke/, [ˈmäst̪ike]

Noun

mastichē f (genitive mastichēs); first declension

1. mastic, gum

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mastichē	mastichae
Genitive	mastichēs	mastichārum
Dative	mastichae	mastichīs
Accusative	mastichēn	mastichās
Ablative	mastichē	mastichīs
Vocative	mastichē	mastichae

Related terms

• mastichinus

Descendants

• Old French: mastic
  • → Middle English: mastik, mastyk, masstyk, mastykk, mastike, mastic, mastix
    • English: mastic

References

• “mastiche”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mastiche in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.