μαλακίζεσθαι
From LSJ
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.