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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

  • εἰ δὲ μαλθακοῖσ λόγοισ δυναίμεθ’, ἐνταῦθ’ ἐλπίδοσ προσήκομεν. (Euripides, episode, iambic 20:6)
  • Κρατῖνοσ δὲ ἐν Μαλθακοῖσ φησιν ἑρπύλλῳ, κρόκοισ, ὑακίνθοισ, ἑλιχρύσου κλάδοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 27 2:4)
  • κοσμοσανδάλων δὲ μνημονεύει Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Μαλθακοῖσ διὰ τούτων κεφαλὴν ἀνθέμοισ ἐρέπτομαι, λειρίοισ, ῥόδοισ, κρίνεσιν,6 κοσμοσανδάλοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 281)
  • τοῦ δὲ ἡμεροκαλλοῦσ καλουμένου ἄνθουσ, ὃ τὴν μὲν νύκτα μαραίνεται, ἅμα δὲ τῷ ἡλίῳ ἀνατέλλοντι θάλλει, μνημονεύει Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Μαλθακοῖσ λέγων οὕτωσ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 3:4)
  • καὶ Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Μαλθακοῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 32 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. faint-hearted

  3. soft

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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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