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|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 | |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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
māla: ae, f. mando, like scala, from scando,
I 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.—
II 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.
