malleolo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →malleolus, malleoli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
fire-dart; brush for burning (Vulgate Prayer of Azariah 1:23);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, malleolos et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare; sit denique inscriptum..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fecisse, ratus incendio opportuna esse, faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari iubet; atque ita media nocte..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alii cum ardentibus facibus, alii stuppam picemque et malleolos ferentes, tota collucente flammis acie, aduenere. Multos primo impetu..."