1. μάλη · malē — Beekes
armpit
The corpus record
μάλη
male
armpit
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Distribution
- Against Aphobus 3 1 · 2.58/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
- Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
- Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Senses
2. Μάλη · Malē — Chantraine
est une forme populaire abrégée de μασχάλῃ, voirs
3. μάλη · malē — Frisk
f
4. μάλη · malē — LSJ
arm-pit, under the arm, underhand, secretly
Attestations
- μὰλα · mala Odyssey 23.82
- μάλας · malas Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.28.1 (DIORISIS sentence 680)
- μάλης · malēs Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5083)
- μάλης · malēs Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 540)
- μάλης · malēs Plato, Gorgias 469
- μάλης · malēs Plato, Laws 789
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 948; entry #3888 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 688; entry #5103 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1139; entry #3705 Review: Under source audit
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