μαλακίζεσθαι
From LSJ
Μέμνησο νέος ὤν, ὡς γέρων ἔσῃ ποτέ → Iuvenis memento te fore aliquando senem → Bedenke jung schon, dass dereinst ein Greis du bist
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
Lexicon Thucydideum
mollem, segnem esse, to be soft, be inactive, 2.42.4, 2.43.6, 3.37.2. 3.40.7, 5.9.10, 5.72.1. 6.29.3, 7.68.3. 7.77.7.