μαλάχη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">λᾰ], ἡ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mallow, Malva silvestris</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>41</span>, <span class="bibl">Batr.161</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.131.1</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.7.2</span>,<span class="bibl">7.8.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.99</span>, etc.; σιτεῖσθαι ἀντὶ μὲν ἄρτων μαλάχης πτόρθους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>544</span>:—also μολόχη, <span class="bibl">Epich.153</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.158</span>, Dsc.2.118 (cod. F). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μ. ἀγρία</b>, = [[ἀλθαία]] 1, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.15.5</span>, Ps.-Dsc.3.146. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">μ. κηπευτή</b> <b class="b2">tree-mallow, Lavatera arborea</b>, Dsc.2.118, cf. Gal.6.628; μ. ἀποδενδρουμένη <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>1.3.2</span>; ἄνθρακες -ης Xenocr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.2.58.48</span>. (Perh. fr. <b class="b3">μαλάσσω</b>, because of its <b class="b2">laxative</b> properties, cf. Dsc. l.c., <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>20.221</span>; the relation to Lat. <b class="b2">malva</b>, Engl. <b class="b2">mallow</b> is uncertain.)</span>