The corpus record

μαλθᾰκ-ίζομαι

malthakizomai

to be softened

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μαλθᾰκ-ίζομαι · malthak-izomai — LSJ

to be softened

to be softened, of persons, A. Pr. 79, 952, E. Med. 291; of the sunʼs heat, Gal. 17(1).388.

II relax, give in, to be a coward, to be remiss

relax, give in, Pl. R. 458b, al.; to be a coward, Id. Smp. 179d; to be remiss, Id. Ep. 317c.

In the wild

μαλθακίζου · malthakizou Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 79–80
μαλθακίζεται · malthakizetai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 951–952
μαλθακίζεσθαι · malthakizesthai Plato, Epistles 317
μαλθακιζώμεθα · malthakizōmetha Plato, Philebus 21
μαλθακίζομαι · malthakizomai Plato, Republic 5.458 (DIORISIS sentence 2998)
μαλθακισθέντες · malthakisthentes Plato, Sophist 241

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Where it came from

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