μᾰλᾰκ-ίζομαι · malak-izomai — LSJ
to be softened, made effeminate, show weakness, cowardice, meet, like a weakling
to be softened or made effeminate, show weakness or cowardice, οὔτε πλούτου τις . . ἀπόλαυσιν προτιμήσας ἐμαλακίσθη, οὔτε πενίας ἐλπίδι Th. l.c.; of soldiers, μὴ ὄντος χωρίου . . ὅποι ἂν μαλακισθέντες σωθείητε Id. 7.77; κἂν αὐτὸς μαλακίζηται X. Cyr. 2.3.3; μ. πρὸς τὸν θάνατον meet death like a weakling, Id. Ap. l.c.
2 to be softened, appeased
to be softened, appeased, Th. 6.29; πρὸς τὸ παρόν Id. 3.40.
3 to be weakly
to be weakly, Arist. HA 605a25, Thphr. Char. 1.4, PSI 4.420.16 (iii B. C.), SIG 2850.24 (Delph., ii B. C.): acc. to Phot. applied to men in Att., opp. ἀσθενεῖν, of women, but this is not so; cf. Alciphr. 2.1.