μαστόδετον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαστός (mastós, “breast”) +‎ μᾰστό(ς) (mastó(s)) + -δετον, neuter of δετός (detós), verbal adjective of δέω (déō, “to bind, to tie, to fetter”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /masˈto.de.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /masˈto.ðe.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /masˈto.ðe.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /masˈto.ðe.ton/

Noun

μᾰστόδετον • (mastódeton) n (genitive μᾰστοδέτου); second declension (Koine)

(hapax) breastband
Synonym: μαστόδεσμος (mastódesmos)
- Anthologia Graeca, 6 201, (According to the poet, a pregnant woman offered her personal objects to the temple of Artemis after the painless childbirth she had. Among them she also offered her bra.):@perseus.tufts.edu & @anthologiagraeca.org
  καὶ τὰ περὶ στέρνοις ἀγλαὰ μαστόδετα,
  kaì tà perì stérnois aglaà mastódeta,
  and the beautiful bra that surrounds the sternum,

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μᾰστόδετον; τοῦ μᾰστοδέτου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰστόδετον tò mastódeton	τὼ μᾰστοδέτω tṑ mastodétō	τᾰ̀ μᾰστόδετᾰ tà mastódeta
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰστοδέτου toû mastodétou	τοῖν μᾰστοδέτοιν toîn mastodétoin	τῶν μᾰστοδέτων tôn mastodétōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰστοδέτῳ tôi mastodétōi	τοῖν μᾰστοδέτοιν toîn mastodétoin	τοῖς μᾰστοδέτοις toîs mastodétois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰστόδετον tò mastódeton	τὼ μᾰστοδέτω tṑ mastodétō	τᾰ̀ μᾰστόδετᾰ tà mastódeta
Vocative	μᾰστόδετον mastódeton	μᾰστοδέτω mastodétō	μᾰστόδετᾰ mastódeta

Related terms

see: μᾰστός (mastós) and δέω (déō)

μαστόδετον

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