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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

  • τὸ δὲ μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸσ τὸ μαλθακώτερον δεξιοῦ πρὸσ ἀνδρόσ ἐστι καὶ φύσει Θηραμένουσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, strophe 12)
  • Δίπλοον δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ ὀστέον κατὰ μέσην τὴν κεφαλήν‧ σκληρότατον δὲ καὶ πυκνότατον αὐτέου πέφυκεν τό τε ἀνώτατον, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ ὀστέου ἡ ὑπὸ τῇ σαρκὶ, καὶ τὸ κατώτατον τὸ πρὸσ τῇ μήνιγγι, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ ὀστέου ἡ κάτω‧ ἀποχωρέον δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνωτάτου ὀστέου καὶ τοῦ κατωτάτου, ἀπὸ τῶν σκληροτάτων καὶ πυκνοτάτων ἐπὶ τὸ μαλθακώτερον καὶ ἧσσον πυκνὸν καὶ ἐπικοιλότερον ἐσ τὴν διπλόην αἰεί. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 1.6)
  • Ὅσοι δὲ πίπτοντεσ τιτρώσκονται πρόσ τε τὸ ὀστέον καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ὀστέον, ὁ ἀπὸ ὑψηλοτάτου πίπτων καὶ ἐπὶ σκληρότατον καὶ ἀμβλύτατον, τουτέῳ κίνδυνοσ τὸ ὀστέον Ῥαγῆναι καὶ φλασθῆναι, καὶ ἔσω ἑσφλασθῆναι ἐκ τῆσ φύσιοσ τῆσ ἑωυτέου‧ τῷ δ’ ἐξ ἰσοπέδου μᾶλλον χωρίου πίπτοντι καὶ ἐπὶ μαλθακώτερον, ἧσσον ταῦτα πάσχει τὸ ὀστέον, ἢ οὐκ ἂν πάθοι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 11.2)

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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