μαλακίζεσθαι
From LSJ
αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also μαλακίζομαι): be affected, be enervated, be moved, be remiss, be softened, be unmanned, become demoralised, play the coward, play the weakling, relax one's efforts through cowardice
