μάλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">arm-pit</b>, almost confined to the phrase <b class="b3">ὑπὸ μάλης</b> [[under the arm]] (cf. <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>76</span>), esp. as the place for carrying concealed weapons, ξιφίδια ὑπὸ μ. ἔχοντας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.23</span>; λαβὼν ὑπὸ μ. ἐγχειρίδιον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>469d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ptol.Euerg.3</span> J.; <b class="b3">δόρυ δῆθ' ὑπὸ μ. ἥκεις ἔχων</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>985</span>: Com., λαγύνιον ἔχων ὑπὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Diph.3.3</span>; also, of fighting-quails, ὑπὸ μ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>789c</span>; κρύπτειν ὑπὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>23</span> (but ὑπὸ μάλην ἔχειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Gall.</span>14</span>); ὑπὸ τὴν μ. πατάξας <span class="bibl">Plb.<span class="title">Fr.</span>202</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὴν μ. ἢ ὑπὸ ζώνην</b>, of a horse, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>26. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[underhand]], [[secretly]], οὐδ' ὑπὸ μ. ἡ πρόκλησις γέγονεν, ἀλλ' ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ <span class="bibl">D.29.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.C.46.23</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">arm-pit</b>, almost only in the expression <b class="b3">ὑπὸ μάλης</b> <b class="b2">under the arm-pit, secretly</b> (Att.), later also <b class="b3">ὑπὸ</b> (<b class="b3">την</b>) <b class="b3">μάλην</b> (Plb., Luc.), <b class="b3">παρὰ την μ</b>. (Hippiatr.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[marapi]] \/[[malaphi]]\/?<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: With the same meaning <b class="b3">μασχάλη</b>; that the word was shortened from this form does not seem probable to me. Schwyzer 584 gives no new insight.