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|lshtext=<b>mallĕus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[hammer]], [[mallet]], [[maul]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ([[navis]]) excussa malleo, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52: malleorum [[rostra]], Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: stuparius, a swingle-[[staff]], id. 19, 1, 3, § 17.—Of the [[maul]] or [[axe]] for felling animals to be sacrificed: tempora discussit [[claro]] cava [[malleus]] ictu, Ov. M. 2, 624: elato [[alte]] malleo, cultrarium mactavit, Suet. Calig. 32.—Prov.: malleum sapientiorem vidi excusso manubrio, the [[hammer]] wiser [[than]] the [[handle]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 87.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[disease]] [[among]] animals: sunt [[species]] mallei [[septem]], Veg. Vet. 1, 2, 1; 1, 10, 1.
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