μάλη: Difference between revisions

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