"malaria" (oddly defined), 1715; antedates OED2 1740--

[Wilson Gray]

I'm not particularly interested in the word, but that site is *great*!
After all, where else are you going to find a link to the

_Big_ Deutsch-Russisch-Deutsch Wörterbuch?

Thanks for finding it, W!


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:43 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> <<malacia, ae, f., I) Windstille auf dem Meere, tanta subito malacia ac
> tranquillitas (Ruhe) exstitit, ut etc., Caes. b. G. 3, 15, 3: ubi per
> malaciam maris anguis proximum Aesculapii fanum petiit, Aur. Vict. de vir.
> ill. 22, 3. =E2=80=93 im Bilde, in otio inconcusso iac=C4=93re non est
> tran=
> quillitas:
> malacia est, Sen. ep. 67, 14. =E2=80=93 II) (v.
> =CE=BC=CE=B1=CE=BB=CE=B1=CE=
> =BA=CE=AF=CE=B1), g=C3=A4nzlicher Mangel an
> Appetit, Appetitlosigkeit, Ekel, stomachi, Plin. 27, 48: absol., Plin. 23,
> 107.>>
> <http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/lat2deu/30267/malacia>
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