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μαλθακός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαλθακός μαλθακή μαλθακόν

Structure: μαλθακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: malako/s with q inserted

Sense

  1. soft, on soft cushions
  2. faint-hearted, remiss, cowardly, weak, feeble
  3. soft, gentle, mild, gently

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative μαλθακός μαλθακή μαλθακόν
Genitive μαλθακοῦ μαλθακῆς μαλθακοῦ
Dative μαλθακῷ μαλθακῇ μαλθακῷ
Accusative μαλθακόν μαλθακήν μαλθακόν
Vocative μαλθακέ μαλθακή μαλθακόν
DualN/A/V μαλθακώ μαλθακᾱ́ μαλθακώ
G/D μαλθακοῖν μαλθακαῖν μαλθακοῖν
PluralNominative μαλθακοί μαλθακαί μαλθακά
Genitive μαλθακῶν μαλθακῶν μαλθακῶν
Dative μαλθακοῖς μαλθακαῖς μαλθακοῖς
Accusative μαλθακούς μαλθακᾱ́ς μαλθακά
Vocative μαλθακοί μαλθακαί μαλθακά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective μαλθακός μαλθακοῦ μαλθακώτερος μαλθακωτεροῦ μαλθακώτατος μαλθακωτατοῦ
Adverb μαλθακώς μαλθακώτερον μαλθακώτατα

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

  • οὐδὲ τὸ ὄντα ἔστω στιλπνὰ καὶ καθαρά, καὶ ἡ θρίξ, εἴτε οὖν τοῦ δασέοσ γένουσ εἴτε τοῦ ψιλοῦ τύχοιεν αἱ κύνεσ, λεπτὴ ἔστω καὶ πυκνὴ καὶ μαλθακή. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:2)
  • οὐδὲν δὲ οἱο͂ν εὐνὴ μαλθακὴ καὶ ἀλεεινή. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 4:4)
  • ἐσθὴσ δὲ τοῖσ μὲν πλουσίοισ ὑαλίνη μαλθακή, τοῖσ πένησι δὲ χαλκῆ ὑφαντή· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 25:1)
  • ὅκου μὲν γὰρ ἡ γῆ πίειρα καὶ μαλθακὴ καὶ ἔνυδροσ, καὶ τὰ ὕδατα κάρτα μετέωρα, ὥστε θερμὰ εἶναι τοῦ θέρεοσ καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ψυχρά, καὶ τῶν ὡρέων καλῶσ κεῖται, ἐνταῦθα καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι σαρκώδεέσ εἰσι καὶ ἄναρθροι καὶ ὑγροὶ καὶ ἀταλαίπωροι καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν κακοὶ ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xxiv.14)
  • οἷσι μαλθακὴ μὲν εὐνὴ ἄστρωτοσ χαμαὶ, ἀμφίβλημα δὲ εὐτελὲσ, ἀμπεχόνη ἀραιὴ, τὸ δὲ τοῦδε κράνοσ ὁ κοινὸσ ἀὴρ, πλοῦτοσ δὲ ἐννοίησ θείησ περιουσίη τε καὶ χρῆσισ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 154)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. faint-hearted

  3. soft

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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