A.b, PMag.Lond.121.208, etc., also in codd. of A. Ch.545:—usage contradicts the statement of Gramm. that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός the woman's:— breast, “δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν” Il.5.393; of men's breasts, “βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο” 4.528; “βάλε στῆθος παρὰ μαζόν” 8.121, cf. Od.22.82, X.An.1.4.17, 4.3.6.
2. more freq. of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, Il.22.80; εἴ ποτέ τοι λαθικηδέα μαζὸν ἐπέσχον ib.83; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast, 24.58; “πάϊς δέ οἱ ἦν ἐπὶ μαζῷ” Od. 11.448; “σὺ δέ μ᾽ ἔτρεφες . . τῷ σῷ ἐπὶ μαζῷ” 19.483; so “φαίνουσαι τοὺς μαζούς” Hdt.2.85; “τοὺς μ. ἀποταμοῦσα” Id.4.202; “ἐπὶ τοῦ μαστοῦ ἔφυ φῦμα” Id.3.133; “προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς” S.Tr.925; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, A.Ch.531; μαστὸν ἀμφέχασκε, of the child, ib.545, cf. 897; “μαστῶν ἀποστάς” S.El.776; “πῶλον ἀφέλξων σῶν ἀπὸ μαστῶν” E.Hec.142 (anap.), etc.
c. generally, of the breasts of all mammalia, Arist.HA521b21, PA688a18 sq., GA 752b23.
II. metaph., any round, breast-shaped object:
2. round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets, X.Cyn.2.6, cf. Poll.5.29.
3. at Paphos, breast-shaped cup, Apollod. Cyren. ap. Ath.11.487b, cf. IG7.3498 (Oropus), 11(4).1307.21 (Delos).