Sense

1. very, very much, exceedingly
2. yes, certainly, exactly so

Note

기본적인 의미는 형용사나 부사, 동사를 강조하는 것. 주장을 강화하거나 대답에서 확고한 긍정의 의미를 나타내는데에도 사용됨.

Examples

• καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὴν ὁ βασιλεύς. τί ἐστί σοι; ἡ δὲ εἶπε. καὶ μάλα γυνὴ χήρα ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀνήρ μου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 14:5)
• καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωνάθαν καὶ εἶπε. καὶ μάλα ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσε τὸν Σαλωμών. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 1:43)
• καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Γιεζί. τί δεῖ ποιῆσαι αὐτῇ; καὶ εἶπε Γιεζὶ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ. καὶ μάλα υἱὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῇ, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς πρεσβύτης. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:14)
• καὶ τοῖς περὶ Τιμόθεον καὶ Βακχίδην συνερίσαντες ὑπὲρ τοὺς δισμυρίους αὐτῶν ἀνεῖλον καὶ ὀχυρωμάτων ὑψηλῶν εὖ μάλα ἐγκρατεῖς ἐγένοντο καὶ λάφυρα πλεῖστα ἐμερίσαντο ἰσομοίρους ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τοῖς ᾐκισμένοις καὶ ὀρφανοῖς καὶ χήραις, ἔτι δὲ καὶ πρεσβυτέροις ποιήσαντες. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 8:30)
• συμφυγόντων δὲ οὐκ ἔλαττον τῶν ἐνακισχιλίων εἰς δύο πύργους ὀχυροὺς εὖ μάλα καὶ πάντα τὰ πρὸς πολιορκίαν ἔχοντας, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:18)
• καὶ τῷ Σαλπαὰδ υἱῷ Ὀφὲρ οὐκ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ υἱοί, ἀλλ ἢ θυγατέρες, καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν θυγατέρων Σαλπαάδ. Μαλὰ καὶ Νουὰ καὶ Ἐγλὰ καὶ Μελχὰ καὶ Θερσά. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:37)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary