The corpus record

μαλθάσσω

malthasso

soften, soothe

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μαλθάσσω · malthassō — LSJ

soften, soothe, should I soothe, with fair words?, relax, unnerved

= μαλάσσω, soften, soothe, μ. κέαρ A. Pr. 381; τινὰ λόγοις E. HF 298; τί γάρ σε μαλθάσσοιμʼ ἄν . . ; why should I soothe thee with fair words? S. Ant. 1194: μ. κοιλίην relax the bowels, Hp. Acut. 16, Art. 40:—Pass., οὐδὲ μαλθάσσει λιταῖς A. Pr. 1008; μαλθαχθεῖσʼ ὕπνῳ unnerved by sleep, Id. Eu. 134.

In the wild

μαλθαχθεῖςʼ · malthachtheisʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 133–134
μαλθάσσῃ · malthassēi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1008
μαλθάσσῃ · malthassēi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 381–382
μαλθασσομένους · malthassomenous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3139)
μαλθάξαιμεν · malthaxaimen Euripides, Heracles 298
μαλθάσσοιμʼ · malthassoimʼ Sophocles, Antigone 1194

Where it came from

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