malleus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mallĕus: i, m.,
I a hammer, mallet, maul.
I 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.—
II Transf., a disease among animals: sunt species mallei septem, Veg. Vet. 1, 2, 1; 1, 10, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mallĕus,¹⁴ ī, m.,
1 marteau, maillet : Pl. Men. 403 ; Plin. 34, 144 || [pour assommer les victimes] : Ov. M. 2, 624 ; Suet. Cal. 32
2 [maladie du cheval] la morve : Veg. Mul. 1, 2, 5 ; 1, 2, 17.
