mastiche

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English

Noun

mastiche (countable and uncountable, plural mastiches)

  1. Alternative form of mastic

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

Noun

mastichē f (genitive mastichēs); first declension

  1. mastic, gum

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

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.