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mājālis

mājālis · m

a gelded boar, a barrow hog

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What it meant

mājālis — Lewis & Short

mājālis, is, m.,

I a gelded boar, a barrow hog (ante - class.), Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 21; 2, 7, 15.—Transf., an unmanned person: nunc tecum obsecro, ut mihi subvenias, ego ne majalis fuam, Titin. Non. 111, 11 (Com. Rel. v. 33 Rib.).—As a term of reproach: in hoc majali, Cic. Pis. 9, 19 (acc. to Isid. Orig. 2, 39).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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