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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[very]], [[very]] [[much]], [[exceedingly]], Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> strengthening the [[word]] with [[which]] it stands, [[μάλα]] [[πολλά]] [[very]] [[many]], Hom.; [[μάλα]] πάντες, μ. [[πᾶσαι]], μ. πάντα, all [[together]], [[every]] one, Hom.; μάλ' [[ἀσκηθής]] all [[unhurt]], Od.; ἀβληχρὸς [[μάλα]] [[τοῖος]] so [[very]] [[weak]], Od.:—so in [[attic]], [[μάλα]] δὴ [[πρεσβύτης]] [[very]] old, Xen.; μ. γέ τινες ὀλίγοι Plat.:—so with Advs., [[πάγχυ]] [[μάλα]] and [[μάλα]] [[πάγχυ]] [[quite]] [[utterly]], Il.; εὖ [[μάλα]] [[right]] well, Od.; μάλ' [[αἰεί]] for [[ever]] and aye, Il.; [[ἄχρι]] [[μάλα]] κνέφαος [[until]] [[quite]] [[dark]], Od.; [[μάλα]] [[διαμπερές]] [[right]] [[through]], Il.:—so in [[attic]], to [[express]] [[repeated]] [[action]], μάλ' [[αὖθις]], μάλ' αὖ Aesch., etc.:— with Verbs, μή με μάλ' αἴνεε [[praise]] me not [[greatly]], Il.; ἡ δὲ μάλ' ἡνιόχευεν she [[drove]] [[carefully]], Od., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> strengthening an [[assertion]], εἰ [[μάλα]] μιν [[χόλος]] ἵκοι if [[wrath]] [[come]] on him [[ever]] so [[much]], Hom.; so [[μάλα]] περ with a partic., [[μάλα]] περ [[μεμαώς]] [[though]] desiring [[never]] so [[much]], Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[attic]] in answers, yes, [[certainly]], [[exactly]] so, [[μάλα]] γε Plat., etc.; μ. τοι Xen., etc.; καὶ μ. δή Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> comp. [[μᾶλλον]], [[more]], Hom.; [[μᾶλλον]] τοῦ δέοντος [[more]] [[than]] is [[right]], Plat., Xen., etc.; παντὸς [[μᾶλλον]] [[more]] [[than]] [[anything]], i. e. [[most]] [[certainly]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> denoting [[increase]], [[more]] and [[more]], [[still]] [[more]], Od.; [[μᾶλλον]] [[μᾶλλον]], Lat. [[magis]] magisque, Eur., Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[sometimes]] joined to a [[second]] comp., ῥηίτεροι [[μᾶλλον]] Il.; [[μᾶλλον]] [[ἆσσον]] Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[μᾶλλον]] δέ, [[much]] [[more]], but [[rather]], πολλοί, [[μᾶλλον]] δὲ πάντες Dem.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in [[μᾶλλον]] ἢ οὐ, οὐ seems [[redundant]], ἥκει ὁ [[Πέρσης]] οὐδὲν [[μᾶλλον]] ἐπ' [[ἡμέας]] ἢ οὐ ἐπ' [[ὑμέας]] the Persians [[have]] [[come]] not [[more]] [[against]] us, [[than]] [[against]] you, Hdt.; in [[this]] [[case]] [[μᾶλλον]] ἢ οὐ is preceded by [[another]] negat.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> τὸ μ. καὶ ἧττον, a [[form]] of [[argument]], [[which]] we [[call]] a fortiori, Arist.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Sup. [[μάλιστα]], [[most]], [[most]] of all, Hom., etc.; [[μάλιστα]] μέν… , [[ἔπειτα]] δέ… , [[first]] and [[above]] all… , [[next]]… , Soph.:— τί [[μάλιστα]]; [[what]] is the [[precise]] [[thing]] that you [[want]]? Plat.; ὡς or ὅτι μ., Lat. [[quam]] [[maxime]], Plat.; [[ὅσον]] μ. Aesch.; ὡς μ. [[certainly]], in answers, Plat.; ὡς [[δύναμαι]] μ. Plat.; [[μακρῷ]] μ. Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἐς τὰ [[μάλιστα]] for the [[most]] [[part]], [[mostly]], Hdt.; so, τὰ [[μάλιστα]] Thuc., etc.; also, ἀνὴρ [[δόκιμος]] ὁμοῖα τῷ μ. as [[famous]] as he that is [[most]] [[famous]], Hdt.<br />b. ἐν τοῖς μ. [[especially]], as [[much]] as any, Thuc., Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[μάλιστα]] may be added to a Sup., [[ἔχθιστος]] [[μάλιστα]], [[μάλιστα]] [[φίλτατος]] Il.; μ. [[φίλτατος]] Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> with numbers, [[μάλιστα]] [[means]] [[about]], Thuc., Xen., etc.; so, ἐς [[μέσον]] [[μάλιστα]] [[about]] the [[middle]], Hdt.; ἥμισυ μ. Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> καὶ [[μάλιστα]] is used in answers, [[most]] [[certainly]], Lat. vel [[maxime]], Ar.; so, μ γε Soph.; μ. πάντων Ar.

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