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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

  • ἐπαγωγότατον γάρ τι ἡ ὄψισ τῶν καλῶν, οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἵπποσ ἥδιον ἂν οἶμαι δράμοι κατὰ πρανοῦσ πεδίου καὶ μαλακοῦ, προσηνῶσ δεχομένου τὴν βάσιν καὶ ἡρέμα ὑπείκοντοσ τῷ ποδὶ καὶ μὴ ἀντιτυποῦντοσ τῇ ὁπλῇ· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 10:2)
  • ἐμφανίζεται δ’ αὐτῆσ οὐ παρέργωσ τὸ φίλεργον κἀκ τούτων τῇ δ’ ἄρ’ ἅμ’ Ἀδρήστη κλισίην εὔτυκτον ἔθηκεν ’ Ἀλκίππη δὲ τάπητα φέρεν μαλακοῦ ἐρίοιο, Φυλὼ δ’ ἀργύρεον τάλαρον φέρε, τόν οἱ ἔδωκεν Ἀλκάνδρη, Πολύβοιο δάμαρ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 17 1:3)
  • Κράσσου δὲ τοὺσ ψιλοὺσ ἐκδραμεῖν κελεύσαντοσ, οὗτοι μὲν οὐ πολὺ προῆλθον, ἀλλὰ πολλοῖσ τοξεύμασιν ἐντυχόντεσ ταχὺ καὶ συμπαρέντεσ αὖθισ ἐνεδύοντο τοῖσ ὁπλίταισ, καὶ παρεῖχον ἀκοσμίασ ἀρχὴν καὶ δέουσ, ὁρῶσι τὸν τόνον τῶν ὀιστῶν καὶ τὴν ῥώμην ὅπλα τε ῥηγνύντων καὶ διὰ παντὸσ φερομένων ὁμοίωσ ἀντιτύπου καὶ μαλακοῦ στεγάσματοσ. (Plutarch, chapter 24 4:1)
  • ἔνθεν ἀοιδιάων μεγάλουσ ἀνέπεισεν ἄνακτασ Ἀγριόπην μαλακοῦ πνεῦμα λαβεῖν βιότου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 1:3)
  • Μίμνερμοσ δὲ τὸν ἡδὺν ὃσ εὑρ́ετο πολλὸν ἀνατλὰσ ἦχον καὶ μαλακοῦ πνεῦμ’ ἀπὸ πενταμέτρου, καίετο μὲν Ναννοῦσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. the passive partner in a male homosexual act

  2. male prostitute

Similar forms

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