The corpus record

μᾰλᾰκότης

malakotes · ἡ

softness, mildness, weakness, effeminacy

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μᾰλᾰκότης · malakotēs — LSJ

softness

softness, opp. σκληρότης, Pl. R. 523e, Tht. 186b, Arist. Mete. 382a9, al.; ἡ μ. ὕπνος Herod. 6.71; μ. ἱματίων D.L. 5.67: in pl., Pl. Cra. 432b.

2 mildness

of climate, mildness, Thphr. HP 3.5.4.

II weakness, effeminacy

weakness, effeminacy, Plu. Oth. 9.

In the wild

μαλακότητι · malakotēti Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2151)
μαλακότητι · malakotēti Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4397)
μαλακότητας · malakotētas Plato, Cratylus 432 (DIORISIS sentence 1232)
μαλακότητα · malakotēta Plato, Republic 7.523 (DIORISIS sentence 4344)
μαλακότητα · malakotēta Plato, Statesman 283
μαλακότητα · malakotēta Plato, Theaetetus 186

Where it came from

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