μαλθακός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=μαλθακή, μαλθακόν, Aeol. [[μόλθακος]] Alc.''Oxy.''1789.1 ii 3:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[soft]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> of things subject to [[touch]], ἄνθεα ''h.Hom.''30.15; [[δρόσος]], [[γυῖα]], Pi.''P.''5.99, ''N.''4.4; [[γνόφαλλον]] Alc.34; [[τύλα]] Sapph.50; <b class="b3">σιαγόνας μαλθακὰς τίθησι</b>, of a [[boxer]], S.''Fr.''112; <b class="b3">μέχρις οὗ</b> (ευ Pap.)… τὸ [[βρέγμα]] τῷ σκίπωνι μαλθακὸν θῶμαι Herod.8.8; of [[ground]], [[stoneless]], χῶρός ἐστι μ. A.''Fr.''199.5; τὰ μ. [[γαία]]ς E.''Hipp.''1226; [[χρώς]] Id.''Med.''1075; <b class="b3">μ. τινά</b>, opp. [[στερεόν]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''239c; <b class="b3">μ. ὕδατα</b>, of [[marsh]] water, Hp.Aër.1; μ. [[πῦρ]] = a [[slow]] [[fire]], Id.''Ulc.''12; <b class="b3">μ. νηδύες</b> [[relaxed]], Id.Aër.7: Comp. μαλθακωτέρα σικυοῦ Theopomp.Com.72: Sup., Eup.319. Adv. [[μαλθακῶς]], [[κατακεῖσθαι]] = to [[recline]] on [[soft]] [[cushion]]s, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''70; <b class="b3">φιλήσατόν με μ.</b> ib. 1200.<br><span class="bld">II</span> mostly metaph., [[faint-hearted]], [[cowardly]], [[αἰχμητής]] Il. 17.588; [[ὄκνος]] Alc.''Oxy.''l.c.; μηδὲ μ. γένῃ A.''Eu.''74; τὸ μ. βίου E. ''Supp.''883; <b class="b3">μ. τι ἐνδιδόναι</b> [[show]] [[sign]]s of [[relent]]ing, Id.''Hel.''508; also, [[weak]], [[feeble]], Ar.''V.''714.<br><span class="bld">b</span> = [[κίναιδος]], Cael.Aur.''TP''4.131.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in good sense, [[gentle]], [[mild]], [[ὕπνος]] Hes.''Fr.''121.4; μαλθακὰ κωτίλλων Thgn.852; <b class="b3">οἶνος ὡς μαλθακώτατος</b> [[mild]], [[weak]], Hp.''Morb.''2.44; μ. [[φωνά]], [[ἀοιδά]], [[κοινωνία]], [[φθέγμα]], Pi.''P.''4.137, ''N.''9.49, ''P.''1.98,8.31; μ. ὀμμάτων [[βέλος]] A.''Ag.''742 (lyr.); μ. λόγοι S.''Ph.''629; γῆρυς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''233 (lyr.); ἐς τὸ μ. [[προσάγεσθαι]] = to [[bring]] to a [[mild]] [[temper]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''714; <b class="b3">ὀργὴ γέροντος μ.</b> [[mellow]] [[temper]], S.''Fr.''894; [[μεταστρέφεσθαι]] πρὸς τὸ μαλθακώτερον = turn towards a softer place / turn towards a less dangerous place Ar.''Ra.'' 539 (lyr.); of [[pain]], <b class="b3">μαλθακωτέρας ποιεῖν [τὰς ὠδῖνας]</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''149d. Adv. [[gently]], [[mildly]], τὸν κρατοῦντα [[μαλθακῶς]] A.''Ag.''951; σκληρὰ [[μαλθακῶς]] [[λέγειν]] = [[say]]ing [[harsh]] things [[sweetly]] S.''OC'' 774: neut. as adverb, μαλθακόν σφ' ἐπόψεται A.''Ag.''1642: Comp. μαλθακωτέρως<b class="b3">, παραμυθούμενοι</b> Pl ''Sph.''230a.—Mainly ''poet.'', esp. Lyr. and Trag. ([[μαλακός]] being the Prose word), but also in Hp. and Pl.