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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• jaw:
      1. 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. 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. 3. fig. fauces, ium, f. (strictly, throat): cf. Cic. Arch. 9, 21, belli ore ac faucibus ereptam esse urbem.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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  • mala (the upper jaw): maxilla (the under jaw).
  • IMPROPR., fauces or os ac fauces. To snatch anybody from the jaws of anybody or anything, ex alicujus or alicujus rei (ore ac) faucibus eripere aliquem (Cic.).