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mălăcĭa , ae, f., = μαλακία,
I.a calm at sea, dead calm.
I. Lit.: “tanta subito malacia ac tranquillitas exstitit, ut se loco movere non possent,” Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3.—
B. Trop.: “in otio inconcusso jacere non est tranquillitas, malacia est,” Sen. Ep. 67, 14.—
II. Transf., a total want of appetite, nausea (post-Aug.): “semen citreorum edendum praecipiunt in malacia praegnantibus,” Plin. 23, 6, 56, § 105; so id. 23, 6, 57, § 107.— With stomachi: “absinthium pellit malaciam stomachi,” Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.15.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.48
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 67.14
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