mastiche

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mastĭchē (mastĭcē), ēs, f., = μαστίχη,

mastic, an odoriferous gum from the mastic-tree , Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72; 21, 16, 56, § 96; 14, 20, 25, § 122; Capitol. Gord. 19.— Post-class. collat. forms: mastĭcha , ae, f., Marc. Emp. 26; mastĭchum ( ma-stĭcum ), i, n., Pall. Oct. 14, 3 (al. mastichae), and mastix , mastĭchis, abl. mastichĕ, Ser. Samm. 156; 447; 423.