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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

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ οὐ παύσῃ βεβαίωσ γελῶν καθάπερ ἐγὼ νῦν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν ὁρᾷσ τοὺσ πλουσίουσ καὶ σατράπασ καὶ τυράννουσ οὕτω ταπεινοὺσ καὶ ἀσήμουσ, ἐκ μόνησ οἰμωγῆσ διαγινωσκομένουσ, καὶ ὅτι μαλθακοὶ καὶ ἀγεννεῖσ εἰσι μεμνημένοι τῶν ἄνω. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:1)
  • μαλθακοὶ ἔμοιγ’, ὦ Κλεινία, δοκοῦσιν οἱ πάλαι νομοθετοῦντεσ γεγονέναι καὶ ἐπὶ σμικρὸν τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων βλέποντέσ τε καὶ διανοούμενοι νομοθετεῖν. (Plato, Laws, book 11 65:1)

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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