μαστόδετον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαστός (mastós, “breast”) +‎ μᾰστό(ς) (măstó(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 • (măstódeton) n (genitive μᾰστοδέτου); second declension (Koine)

(hapax legomenon) breastband
Synonyms: μαστόδεσμος (mastódesmos), μηλοῦχος (mēloûkhos), στρόφιον (stróphion)
- 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 măstódeton	τὼ μᾰστοδέτω tṑ măstodétō	τᾰ̀ μᾰστόδετᾰ tằ măstódetă
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰστοδέτου toû măstodétou	τοῖν μᾰστοδέτοιν toîn măstodétoin	τῶν μᾰστοδέτων tôn măstodétōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰστοδέτῳ tōî măstodétōi	τοῖν μᾰστοδέτοιν toîn măstodétoin	τοῖς μᾰστοδέτοις toîs măstodétois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰστόδετον tò măstódeton	τὼ μᾰστοδέτω tṑ măstodétō	τᾰ̀ μᾰστόδετᾰ tằ măstódetă
Vocative	μᾰστόδετον măstódeton	μᾰστοδέτω măstodétō	μᾰστόδετᾰ măstódetă

Related terms

see: μᾰστός (măstós) and δέω (déō)