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“jaw” in Latin
malusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mmāxillathe jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; the lower part of the face, the jawsfaucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gul
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jaw
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.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jaw?
- The usual Latin words for “jaw” are malus, māxilla, faucēs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.