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māla, ae, f. [mando, like scala, from scando],

  1. I. the cheek-bone, jaw; in the stricter anatomical sense, the upper bones of the face, between the eyes, nose, and mouth, in which the teeth are fixed (usually in plur.): maxilla est mobile os. Malae cum toto osse, quod superiores dentes excipit, immobiles sunt, Cels. 8, 1: dentium pars maxillae, pars superiori ossi malarum haeret, id. ib.: ut meos malis miser manderem natos, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 215; Lucr. 2, 638: ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas, Verg. A. 3, 257.
    Of the dog, Verg. A. 12, 755; of the horse, id. G. 3, 268; of the wolf, id. A. 11, 681; of the lion: horribilique malā, Hor. C. 2, 19, 23.
  2. II. Transf., the corresponding external part of the face, a cheek (mostly in plur.): infra oculos malae homini tantum, quas prisci genas vocabant Pudoris haec sedes: ibi maxime ostenditur rubor, Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157: pugno malam si tibi percussero mox, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 104; id. Mil. 2, 5, 35: feri malam illi rursum, slap his cheek again, id. Cas. 2, 6, 55: (juventas) molli vestit lanugine malas, Lucr. 5, 889; Ov. M. 12, 391; Verg. A. 10, 324: impubes, id. ib. 9, 751: tenerae, Ov. M. 13, 753: Quod Aulo Agerio a Numerio Negidio pugno mala percussa est, Vet. Form. in Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 7, 4: paucae sine vulnere malae, Juv. 15, 54.

mālăbăthron, i, v. malobathron.

Malăca (-cha), ae, f., Μάλακα, a city of Hispania Baetica, now Malaga, Mel. 2, 6, 7; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 19; 3, 1, 3, § 8; Auct. B. Alex. 64, 3.

malacha, ae, f., v. maldacon.

mălăchē and mŏlŏchē, ēs, f., = μαλάχη and μολόχη, a kind of mallows (v. malva).

    1. 1. Form malache, Varr. L. L. 5, 21, § 103 Müll.; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 222; App. Herb. 41.
    2. 2. Form moloche, Col. 10, 247 (poet.); cf. Plin. 20, 4, 14, § 29; App. Herb. 41.

mălăcĭa, ae, f., = μαλακία, a calm at sea, dead calm.

  1. I. Lit.: tanta subito malacia ac tranquillitas exstitit, ut se loco movere non possent, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3.
    1. B. Trop.: in otio inconcusso jacere non est tranquillitas, malacia est, Sen. Ep. 67, 14.
  2. II. Transf., a total want of appetite, nausea (post-Aug.): semen citreorum edendum praecipiunt in malacia praegnantibus, Plin. 23, 6, 56, § 105; so id. 23, 6, 57, § 107.
    With stomachi: absinthium pellit malaciam stomachi, Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48.

mălăcisso, 1, v a., = μαλακίζω, to render soft or supple, to soften, make pliable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): malacissandus es, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 31: articulos, v. l. Sen. Ep. 66, 53 dub. (Haase, malaxandos).

mălactĭcus, a, um, adj., = μαλακτικός, mouifying (post-class.): virtus, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 15.

mălăcus, a, um, adj., = μαλακός,

  1. I. soft, supple, pliant (Plautin.): pallium malacum et calidum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 93: pallium, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 38.
  2. II. Transf., soft, delicate, luxurious: ad saltandum malacus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 74: unctiones, id. Stich. 1, 3, 74: in malacum modum, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 121.

* malagĭnum, i, n., a plaster made without fire, Plin. Val. 3, 12.

mălagma, ătis, n. (malagma, ae, f., Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 9), = μάλαγμα, an emollient, poultice, cataplasm: malagmata contusa abunde mollescunt, Cels. 5, 17, 2; Col. 6, 17, 3; 5; Plin. 22, 24, 56, § 117; 25, 13, 95, § 153.
In dat. plur.: malagmatis, Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 63.

mălandrĭa, ōrum, n. (mălandria, ae, f., Marc. Emp. 34), blisters or pustules on the neck, esp. in horses, Veg. Vet. 2, 42, 1; Plin. 24, 8, 29, § 44 Jan.

mălandrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [malandria], full of blisters or pustules on the neck, Marc. Emp. 19.

* mălaxātĭo, ōnis, f. [malaxo], a softening, mollifying, Theod. Prisc. 1, 28.

mălaxo, āvi, 1, v. a., = μαλάσσω, to soften, mollify: malas, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 7: ventrem, Plin. Val. 1, 8: articulos, Sen. Ep. 66, 49; but v. malacisso.