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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

  • ὑμῖν ἄνευθεν ἐπαγορίασ ἔπορεν, ὦ παῖδεσ, ἐρατειναῖσ ἐν εὐναῖσ μαλθακᾶσ ὡρ́ασ ἀπὸ καρπὸν δρέπεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 33 2:2)
  • σιαγόνασ τε δὴ μαλθακὰσ τίθησι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 47 2:5)
  • ἔπεχε νῦν σκοπῷ τόξον, ἄγε θυμέ, τίνα βάλλομεν ἐκ μαλθακᾶσ αὖτε φρενὸσ εὐκλέασ ὀϊστοὺσ ἱέντεσ; (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 2 29:1)
  • Παραβάλλοντα γὰρ χρὴ τῶν δακτύλων ἑκάτερον, παρὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Ῥῖνα ἐρείδοντα, ἡσύχωσ οὗτωσ ἔχειν, μάλιστα μὲν, εἰοἱο͂́ν τε εἰή, αἰεὶ, ἐστ’ ἂν κρατυνθῇ, εἰ δὲ μὴ, ὡσ πλεῖστον χρόνον, αὐτὸν, ὡσ εἴρηται‧ εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἢ παῖδα ἢ γυναῖκά τινα‧ μαλθακὰσ γὰρ τὰσ χεῖρασ δεῖ εἶναι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 37.7)
  • τότε γὰρ κατὰ γῆν μᾶλλον οἱᾶ δὴ πολλῷ ὕδατι ἐξ οὐρανοῦ βεβρεγμένην αὔρασ ἵστασθαι μαλθακὰσ καὶ ἐσ τὸν παράπλουν ταῖσ τε κώπαισ καὶ τοῖσ ἱστίοισ ξυμμέτρουσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 21 2:2)

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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