jaw Copy link Outline 1. mālae, arum (v. rare in sing., and denoting the immoveable part of the jaws2. maxilla (the moveable part of the lower jaw)3. fig. fauces, ium, f. (strictly, throat) • jaw: 1. mālae, arum (v. rare in sing., and denoting the immoveable part of the jaws: cf. Cels. 8, 1, med., malae cum toto osse quod superiores dentes exigit immobiles sunt): Lucr.: Virg.: Hor. (who once has sing., Od. 2, 19, 24). 2. maxilla (the moveable part of the lower jaw): Cels. l. c. (Plin. 11, 37, 60, has maxillae superiores, to denote the [supposed] moveable upper jaw of the crocodile.) 3. fig. fauces, ium, f. (strictly, throat): cf. Cic. Arch. 9, 21, belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse urbem.