1. μαλακός · malakos — Beekes
weak, soft, tender; effeminate, flabby
The corpus record
μαλακός
malakos
weak, soft, tender; effeminate, flabby
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Art of Horsemanship 5 · 7.2/10k
- Apology 1 · 5/10k
- On Hunting 4 · 4.39/10k
- Symposium 6 · 3.44/10k
- Timaeus 8 · 3.38/10k
- Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Plutus 2 · 2.48/10k
- On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
- Statesman 4 · 2.36/10k
- Odyssey 20 · 2.3/10k
- To Philip 2 · 2.28/10k
Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μαλακός · malakos — Chantraine
étoftes, du sol, de prairies, de la peau, d
3. μαλακός · malakos — Frisk
weichen Sinnes
4. μαλϑακός · malϑakos — Frisk
80]
5. μαλακός · malakos — Frisk
Schmeichler
6. μᾰλᾰκός · malakos — LSJ
soft, fresh-ploughed, soft grassy
Attestations
- μαλακοῖσιν · malakoisin Iliad 1.582
- μαλακὸν · malakon Iliad 2.42
- μαλακοῖς · malakois Iliad 6.337
- μαλακῇ · malakēi Iliad 9.618
- μαλακῷ · malakōi Iliad 10.2
- μαλακῇ · malakēi Iliad 10.75
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 947; entry #3882 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 678; entry #5012 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1137-1138; entry #3700 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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