μαλακίζομαι πρὸς τὸν θάνατον → meet death like a weakling
inter-tālĕo: 1, v. a. talea,I to cut out between, to cut by lopping off both ends, Non. p. 414, 27.
intertālĕō (-ĭō), āre (talea), tr., couper [un surgeon] : Non. 414, 27.