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|lshtext=<b>maxilla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. of a [[ground]]-form magsula ([[whence]] māla; [[root]] mag of [[μάσσω]]>, to [[knead]]; [[μαγεύς]]>. [[baker]], etc.; cf. [[axilla]], ala, from [[ago]]),<br /><b>I</b> the jawbone, [[jaw]] (postAug.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.— *<br /><b>II</b> 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.