The corpus record — Latin

malacus

malacus · adj

soft, supple, pliant

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Where it lives

Bacchides 2 · 2.03/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

mălăcus — Lewis & Short

mălăcus, a, um, adj., = malako/s,

I soft, supple, pliant (Plautin.): pallium malacum et calidum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 93: pallium, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 38.—

II Transf., soft, delicate, luxurious: ad saltandum malacus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 74: unctiones, id. Stich. 1, 3, 74: in malacum modum, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 121.

In the wild

malacum Plautus, Bacchides 2.3
Malaca Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.1.p5
malacas Plautus, Stichus 1.3
malacum Plautus, Truculentus 2.7
malacum Plautus, Bacchides 1.1
malacus Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 3.1

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. malacus (scan pp. 403-404; entry #6422).

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