μαλθακός
μαλθᾰκ-ός,
ή,
όν, Aeol.
μόλθακος Alc. Oxy. 1789.1 ii 3 :—
A). soft,
I). of things subject to touch,
ἄνθεα h.Hom. 30.15 ;
δρόσος, γυῖα,
Pi. P. 5.99 ,
N. 4.4 ;
γνόφαλλον Alc. 34 ;
τύλα Sapph. 50 ;
σιαγόνας μαλθακὰς τίθησι, of a boxer,
S. Fr. 112 ;
μέχρις οὗ (
ευ Pap.). .
τὸ βρέγμα τῷ σκίπωνι μαλθακὸν θῶμαι Herod. 8.8 ; of ground,
stoneless,
χῶρός ἐστι μ. A. Fr. 199.5 ;
τὰ μ. γαίας E. Hipp. 1226 ;
χρώς Id. Med. 1075 ;
μ. τινά, opp.
στερεόν,
Pl. Phdr. 239c ;
μ. ὕδατα, of
marsh water,
Hp. Aër. 1 ;
μ. πῦρ a
slow fire,
Id. Ulc. 12 ;
μ. νηδύες relaxed, Id.
Aër. 7 : Comp.
ωτέρα σικυοῦ Theopomp.Com. 72 : Sup.,
Eup. 319 . Adv.-
κῶς, κατακεῖσθαι to recline
on soft cushions,
Ar. Ach. 70 ;
φιλήσατόν με μ. ib.
1200 .
b). = κίναιδος , Cael.Aur. TP 4.131 .
2). in good sense,
gentle, mild,
ὕπνος Hes. Fr. 121.4 ;
μαλθακὰ κωτίλλων Thgn. 852 ;
οἶνος ὡς -ώτατος mild, weak,
Hp. Morb. 2.44 ;
μ. φωνά, ἀοιδά, κοινωνία, φθέγμα,
Pi. P. 4.137 ,
N. 9.49 ,
P. 1.98 ,
8.31 ;
μ. ὀμμάτων βέλος A. Ag. 742 (lyr.);
μ. λόγοι S. Ph. 629 ;
γῆρυς Ar. Av. 233 (lyr.);
ἐς τὸ μ. προσάγεσθαι to bring to
a mild temper,
E. Or. 714 ;
ὀργὴ γέροντος μ. mellow temper,
S. Fr. 894 ;
μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον Ar. Ra. 539 (lyr.); of pain,-
ωτέρας ποιεῖν [τὰς ὠδῖνας]
Pl. Tht. 149d . Adv.
gently, mildly,
τὸν κρατοῦντα -κῶς A. Ag. 951 ;
σκληρὰ μ. λέγειν S. OC 774 : neut. as Adv.,
μαλθακόν σφ’ ἐπόψεται A. Ag. 1642 : Comp.-
ωτέρως , παραμυθούμενοι Pl
Sph. 230a .—Mainly poet., esp. Lyr. and Trag.(
μαλακός being the Prose word), but also in
Hp. and
Pl.
ShortDef
soft
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
μαλθακός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μαλθακος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-64832
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μαλθᾰκ-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">μόλθακος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oxy.</span> 1789.1 </span> <span class="bibl"> ii 3 </span>:— <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">soft</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> of things subject to touch, <span class="quote greek">ἄνθεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg030.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg030.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 30.15 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δρόσος, γυῖα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 5.99 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γνόφαλλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τύλα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 50 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">σιαγόνας μαλθακὰς τίθησι</span>, of a boxer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 112 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μέχρις οὗ </span>(<span class="itype greek">ευ</span> Pap.). . <span class="quote greek">τὸ βρέγμα τῷ σκίπωνι μαλθακὸν θῶμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:8:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:8.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 8.8 </a> ; of ground, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stoneless</span>, <span class="quote greek">χῶρός ἐστι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:199:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:199.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 199.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ μ. γαίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1226 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1075" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1075/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1075 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τινά</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">στερεόν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:239c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:239c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 239c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὕδατα</span>, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marsh</span> water, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. πῦρ</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slow</span> fire, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ulc.</span> 12 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. νηδύες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">relaxed</span>, Id.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> 7 </a>: Comp. <span class="quote greek">ωτέρα σικυοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theopomp.Com.</span> 72 </a> : Sup., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:319" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:319/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 319 </a>. Adv.-<span class="foreign greek">κῶς, κατακεῖσθαι</span> to recline <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on soft cushions</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 70 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φιλήσατόν με μ.</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1200/canonical-url/"> 1200 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> mostly metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">faint-hearted, cowardly</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰχμητής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:588" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.588/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.588 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄκνος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oxy.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="quote greek">μηδὲ μ. γένῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 74 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ μ. βίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:883" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:883/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 883 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. τι ἐνδιδόναι</span> show signs of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">relenting</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:508" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:508/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 508 </a>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weak, feeble</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:714" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:714/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 714 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">κίναιδος</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cael.Aur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">TP</span> 4.131 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in good sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gentle, mild</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὕπνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:121:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:121.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 121.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μαλθακὰ κωτίλλων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 852 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἶνος ὡς -ώτατος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild, weak</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 2.44 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. φωνά, ἀοιδά, κοινωνία, φθέγμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.137 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 9.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 1.98 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.31/canonical-url/"> 8.31 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ὀμμάτων βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:742" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:742/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 742 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. λόγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:629" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:629/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 629 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γῆρυς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:233/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 233 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐς τὸ μ. προσάγεσθαι</span> to bring to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a mild temper</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:714" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:714/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 714 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὀργὴ γέροντος μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mellow</span> temper, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:894" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:894/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 894 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μεταστρέφεσθαι πρὸς τὸ -ώτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:539" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:539/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 539 </a> (lyr.); of pain,-<span class="foreign greek">ωτέρας ποιεῖν [τὰς ὠδῖνας</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:149d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:149d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 149d </a>. Adv. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gently, mildly</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸν κρατοῦντα -κῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:951" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:951/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 951 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκληρὰ μ. λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:774" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:774/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 774 </a> : neut. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">μαλθακόν σφ’ ἐπόψεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1642" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1642/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1642 </a> : Comp.-<span class="itype greek">ωτέρως</span> <span class="foreign greek">, παραμυθούμενοι</span> Pl <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 230a </span>.—Mainly poet., esp. Lyr. and Trag.(<span class="foreign greek">μαλακός</span> being the Prose word), but also in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}