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Old 02-08-2006, 11:07 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by Cras
Malleus is used in Ovid's Metamorphoses to describe a mallet that you use to deskin animal hide or for felling an animal.

If you want to convey a punishing idea, you need to use talio, talionis.

You meant a weapon, you should use either the general arma, armae,
or a more specific weapon for striking being telum, i.

If you disagree with me, look it up in the Oxford.

Or learn the language.

Sorry, Cras.. once you make MD's ignore list, there's no debating him.
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