μαστίχη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I chew”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.tí.kʰɛː/ → /masˈti.çi/ → /masˈti.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.tí.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /masˈti.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /masˈti.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /masˈti.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /masˈti.çi/

Noun

μαστίχη • (mastíkhē) f (genitive μαστίχης); first declension

1. mastic

Declension

First declension of ἡ μαστίχη; τῆς μαστίχης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μαστίχη hē mastíkhē	τὼ μαστίχᾱ tṑ mastíkhā	αἱ μαστίχαι hai mastíkhai
Genitive	τῆς μαστίχης tês mastíkhēs	τοῖν μαστίχαιν toîn mastíkhain	τῶν μαστιχῶν tôn mastikhôn
Dative	τῇ μαστίχῃ têi mastíkhēi	τοῖν μαστίχαιν toîn mastíkhain	ταῖς μαστίχαις taîs mastíkhais
Accusative	τὴν μαστίχην tḕn mastíkhēn	τὼ μαστίχᾱ tṑ mastíkhā	τᾱ̀ς μαστίχᾱς tā̀s mastíkhās
Vocative	μαστίχη mastíkhē	μαστίχᾱ mastíkhā	μαστίχαι mastíkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos)

Descendants

• Greek: μαστίχα (mastícha)
• → Hebrew: מַסְטִיק (mástik), מַסְטִיקָא (mastíka)
• → Latin: mastiche
  • Old French: mastic
    • → Middle English: mastik, mastyk, masstyk, mastykk, mastike, mastic, mastix
      • English: mastic

References

• “μαστίχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαστίχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “mastic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.