malleus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →malleus, mallei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hammer; mallet, maul; (also medical for the inner ear bone);
nom. sg.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...subtilis mihi quaestio videtur quam Posidonio, utrum malleus in usu esse prius an forcipes coeperint. Utraque invenit aliquis..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dextra libratus ab aure tempora discussit claro cava malleus ictu. ut tamen ingratos in pectora fudit odores..."