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μαλακός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαλακός μαλακοῦ

Structure: μαλακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the passive partner in a male homosexual act, catamite
  2. male prostitute (whose customers are also male)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρῶτον μέν, ὡσ μὴ ἐπὶ τὸ κραταιὸν ἡ πτῶσισ αὐτοῖσ γίγνοιτο, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὸ μαλακὸν ἀσφαλῶσ πίπτοιεν ἔπειτα καὶ τὸν ὄλισθον ἀνάγκη πλείω γίγνεσθαι, ἱδρούντων ἐν τῷ πηλῷ, ὃ σὺ ταῖσ ἐγχέλεσιν εἴκαζεσ, οὐκ ἀχρεῖον οὐδὲ γελοῖον ὄν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο εἰσ ἰσχὺν καὶ τόνον οὐκ ὀλίγα συντελεῖ, ὁπόταν οὕτωσ ἐχόντων ἀλλήλων ἀναγκάζωνται ἐγκρατῶσ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι καὶ συνέχειν διολισθάνοντασ· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 28:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἤδη χρῆν τι λέγειν ὑμᾶσ σοφὸν ᾧ νικήσετε τηνδὶ ἐν τοῖσι λόγοισ ἀντιλέγοντεσ, μαλακὸν δ’ ἐνδώσετε μηδέν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, 1)
  • τὸ βλέμμα θ’ ὡσ ἔχοιμι μαλακὸν καὶ καλόν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:16)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἡ κρόκη τὸ ὀστέον πρίει τέφρᾳ καὶ ὄξει διάβροχον γενόμενον, καὶ τὸν ἐλέφαντα τῷ ζύθει μαλακὸν γενόμενον καὶ χαλῶντα κάμπτουσι καὶ διασχηματίζουσιν, ἄλλωσ δ’ οὐ δύνανται, οὕτωσ ἡ τύχη τὸ πεπονθὸσ ἐξ αὑτοῦ καὶ μαλακὸν ἐκ κακίασ προσπεσοῦσα κοιλαίνει καὶ τιτρώσκει. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 44)

Synonyms

  1. the passive partner in a male homosexual act

  2. male prostitute

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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