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