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).

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Noun

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

  1. (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,

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