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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

  • ἐν μὲν δὴ τοῖσ ἐλαχίστοισ τε καὶ στοιχειώδεσι μορίοισ τῆσ λέξεωσ ταῦτα χαρακτηρικὰ τῆσ πρώτησ ἐστὶν ἁρμονίασ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ καλουμένοισ κώλοισ, ἃ συντίθεται μὲν ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων, συμπληροῖ δὲ τὰσ περιόδουσ, οὐ μόνον ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τοὺσ ῥυθμοὺσ τοὺσ καταμετροῦντασ αὐτὰ μὴ ταπεινοὺσ μηδὲ μαλθακοὺσ μηδ’ ἀγεννεῖσ εἶναι, ὑψηλοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἀνδρώδεισ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 391)

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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