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μαλθακός

malthakos

soft, stoneless, marsh

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Where it lives

  • Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
  • Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
  • Symposium 3 · 1.72/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
  • Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
  • Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
  • Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
  • Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

soft

soft,

I stoneless, marsh, slow, relaxed, on soft cushions

of things subject to touch, ἄνθεα h.Hom. 30.15; δρόσος, γυῖα, Pi. P. 5.99, N. 4.4; γνόφαλλον Alc. 34; τύλα Sapph. 50; σιαγόνας μαλθακὰς τίθησι, of a boxer, S. Fr. 112; μέχρις οὗ (ευ Pap.) . . τὸ βρέγμα τῷ σκίπωνι μαλθακὸν θῶμαι Herod. 8.8; of ground, stoneless, χῶρός ἐστι μ. A. Fr. 199.5; τὰ μ. γαίας E. Hipp. 1226; χρώς Id. Med. 1075; μ. τινά, opp. στερεόν, Pl. Phdr. 239c; μ. ὕδατα, of marsh water, Hp. Aër. 1; μ. πῦρ a slow fire, Id. Ulc. 12; μ. νηδύες relaxed, Id. Aër. 7: Comp. ωτέρα σικυοῦ The

II faint-hearted, cowardly, relenting, weak, feeble

mostly metaph., faint-hearted, cowardly, αἰχμητής Il. 17.588; ὄκνος Alc. Oxy. l.c.; μηδὲ μ. γένῃ A. Eu. 74; τὸ μ. βίου E. Supp. 883; μ. τι ἐνδιδόναι show signs of relenting, Id. Hel. 508; also, weak, feeble, Ar. V. 714.

b

= κίναιδος, Cael.Aur. TP 4.131.

2 gentle, mild, mild, weak, a mild temper, mellow, gently, mildly

in good sense, gentle, mild, ὕπνος Hes. Fr. 121.4; μαλθακὰ κωτίλλων Thgn. 852; οἶνος ὡς -ώτατος mild, weak, Hp. Morb. 2.44; μ. φωνά, ἀοιδά, κοινωνία, φθέγμα, Pi. P. 4.137, N. 9.49, P. 1.98, 8.31; μ. ὀμμάτων βέλος A. Ag. 742 (lyr.); μ. λόγοι S. Ph. 629; γῆρυς Ar. Av. 233 (lyr.); ἐς τὸ μ. προσάγεσθαι to bring to a mild temper, E. Or. 714; ὀργὴ γέροντος μ. mellow temper, S. Fr. 894; μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον Ar. Ra. 539 (lyr.); of pain, -ωτέρας ποιεῖν [τὰς ὠδῖνας] Pl. Tht. 149d. Adv. gently, m

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μαλθακός (scan pp. 948-949; entry #3889).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μαλθακός (scan p. 679; entry #5022).

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