μαλθακός: Difference between revisions

|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>; <b class="b3">δρόσος, γυῖα</b>, <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. γαίας <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; <b class="b3">μ. πῦρ</b> 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. ωτέρα σικυοῦ <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Com.72</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">Eup.319</span>. Adv. -<b class="b3">κῶς, κατακεῖσθαι</b> to recline [[on soft cushions]], <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 signs of [[relenting]], <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 -ώτατος</b> [[mild]], [[weak]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.44</span>; <b class="b3">μ. φωνά, ἀοιδά, κοινωνία, φθέγμα</b>, <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.); <b class="b3">ἐς τὸ μ. προσάγεσθαι</b> 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 -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 539</span> (lyr.); of pain, -<b class="b3">ωτέρας ποιεῖν [τὰς ὠδῖνας</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>149d</span>. Adv. [[gently]], [[mildly]], τὸν κρατοῦντα -κῶς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>951</span>; σκληρὰ μ. λέγειν <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. -ωτέρως<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>