mallĕus (noun M) :
* A hammer, mallet, maul.
* Lit.: (navis) excussa malleo,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52: malleorum rostra,Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144: stuparius,a swingle-staff,id. 19, 1, 3, § 17.—Of the maul or axe for felling animals to be sacrificed: tempora discussit claro cava malleus ictu,Ov. M. 2, 624: elato alte malleo, cultrarium mactavit,Suet. Calig. 32.—Prov.: malleum sapientiorem vidi excusso manubrio,the hammer wiser than the handle,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 87.
* Transf., a disease among animals: sunt species mallei septem,Veg. Vet. 1, 2, 1; 1, 10, 1.

s. TLL