maxilla
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English
maxilla maxillae N F :: jaw (viewed externally), lower part of the face; jaws/jaw-bones (usu. pl.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
maxilla: ae, f.
dim. of a ground-form magsula (whence māla; root mag of μάσσω, to knead; μαγεύς. baker, etc.; cf. axilla, ala, from ago),
I the jawbone, jaw (postAug.).
I Lit.: quam litteram (X) etiam e maxillis et taxillis et vexillo ... consuetudo elegans Latini sermonis evellit, Cic. Or. 45, 153: maxillae superiores, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159; Suet. Calig. 58; Veg. Vet. 2, 40, 2: maxillam superiorem commovere solam, Amm. 22, 15, 15: cum in maxillis balanatum gausape pectas, you comb the anointed beard on your jaws, Pers. 4, 37.— *
II Transf.: miserum populum, qui sub tam lentis maxillis erit, under such slowgrinding teeth, i. e. subject to such protracted cruelty, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
maxilla,¹⁴ æ, f., dim. de mala, mâchoire : Cic. Or. 153 ; Plin. 11, 159 ; Suet. Cal. 58 ; August. d. Suet. Tib. 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
māxilla, ae, f. (Demin. v. mala), I) die Kinnlade, der Kinnbacken, Cic. or. 153. Plin. 11, 159 u.a. Suet. Cal. 58, 2. Veget. mul. 2 (3), 40, 2: miserum populum, qui sub tam lentis maxillis erit, das unter so langsam zermalmende Zähne kommen wird, Augustus bei Suet. Tib. 21, 2: maxillam superiorem commovere solam (v. Krokodil), Amm. 22, 15. § 15. – II) meton., das Kinn, cum maxillis balanatum gausape pectas, das balsamierte Haar am Kinne kämmnst, Pers. 4, 37.
