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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>māla</b>: ae, f. [[mando]], [[like]] [[scala]], from [[scando]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[cheek]]-[[bone]], [[jaw]]; in the stricter anatomical [[sense]], the [[upper]] bones of the [[face]], [[between]] the eyes, [[nose]], and [[mouth]], in [[which]] the teeth are [[fixed]] ([[usually]] in plur.): [[maxilla]] est [[mobile]] os. Malae cum toto osse, [[quod]] superiores dentes excipit, immobiles sunt, Cels. 8, 1: dentium [[pars]] maxillae, [[pars]] superiori ossi malarum haeret, id. ib.: ut meos malis [[miser]] manderem natos, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 215; Lucr. 2, 638: ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas, Verg. A. 3, 257.—Of the [[dog]], Verg. A. 12, 755; of the [[horse]], id. G. 3, 268; of the [[wolf]], id. A. 11, 681; of the [[lion]]: horribilique malā, Hor. C. 2, 19, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[corresponding]] [[external]] [[part]] of the [[face]], a [[cheek]] ([[mostly]] in plur.): [[infra]] oculos malae homini [[tantum]], quas prisci genas vocabant Pudoris haec [[sedes]]: ibi [[maxime]] ostenditur [[rubor]], Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157: [[pugno]] malam si [[tibi]] percussero mox, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 104; id. Mil. 2, 5, 35: feri malam [[illi]] rursum, [[slap]] his [[cheek]] [[again]], id. Cas. 2, 6, 55: (juventas) molli vestit lanugine malas, Lucr. 5, 889; Ov. M. 12, 391; Verg. A. 10, 324: [[impubes]], id. ib. 9, 751: tenerae, Ov. M. 13, 753: Quod Aulo Agerio a Numerio Negidio [[pugno]] [[mala]] percussa est, Vet. Form. in Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 7, 4: paucae [[sine]] vulnere malae, Juv. 15, 54.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>māla</b>,¹¹ æ, f., (ord<sup>t</sup> <b>mālæ</b>, ārum) (*maxla, [[maxilla]]),<br /><b>1</b> mâchoire supérieure : Lucr. 2, 638 ; Hor. O. 2, 19, 23 ; Virg. En. 3, 257<br /><b>2</b> joue : Pl. Cas. 288 ; Lucr. 5, 889 ; Virg. En. 10, 324 ; Ov. M. 12, 391.
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