mallus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lus/, [ˈmälːʲʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.lus/, [ˈmälːus]

mallus m (genitive mallī); second declension

1. A lock of wool

Second-declension noun.

• “mallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “mallus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “mallus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mallus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly