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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

  • καρύαι μέν γε φυτῶν τὸ χειμεριώτατον ἄπειροι τεθήλασιν ἔνθα φοίνικεσ, οἳ καύματι τρέφονται, συκαῖ δὲ καὶ ἐλαῖαι πλησίον τούτων, αἷσ μαλθακώτεροσ ἀὴρ ἀποδέδεικται. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 613:1)

Synonyms

  1. soft

  2. faint-hearted

  3. soft

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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