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Ἐκμαλθακῶσαι · to soften (ε 493) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε493

ε489to deliver, to set free, to release
ε490out of a wolf's mouth
ε491block, lump, mould
ε492to model
ε493to soften
ε494to bear witness
ε495ekmartyria, out-of-court testimony
ε496evidence
ε497I madden

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε493

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Ἐκμαλθακῶσαι

to soften

Translated by William Hutton6 Jan 2007Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 22 words

Translation

[Meaning] to relax, to slacken.¹
"[...] and many other things to soften minds that are filled with such a degree² of arrogance."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκμαλθακῶσαι· ἐκμαλάξαι, χαυνῶσαι. ἄλλα τε πλεῖστα ἐκμαλθακῶσαι οἵας τε ὄντα ἀλαζονείας ἀνάπλεα φρονήματα.

Betacode

*)ekmalqakw=sai: e)kmala/cai, xaunw=sai. a)/lla te plei=sta e)kmalqakw=sai oi(/as te o)/nta a)lazonei/as a)na/plea fronh/mata.

Notes (2)

[1] The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is aorist active infinitive of the verb e)kmalqako/w, a variant of e)kmala/ssw. Same glossing in other lexica.
2The mss of the source of this quotation (see note 3) have oi(=a/ in place of oi(/as, which would yield instead "[...] and many other things that are able to soften minds full of arrogance." The source also reads e(/tera in place of a)/lla at the beginning of the quotation, but this produces little difference in meaning. ↩
3Part of Menander Protector fr. 5.2 Blockley (50 - 51), as preserved among Constantine Porphyrogenitus' Excerpts on Legations 442.31 - 443.1. The emperor Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally) sent lavish gifts to the Avars in 558 CE (probably) in an attempt to entice them into attacking neighboring peoples. See the preceding lines from this fragment at alpha 402 and sigma 274. On the Avars see alpha 18.

References

R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)

Linked from1 entry

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Neighbouring entries

ε491Ἐκμαγεῖονblock, lump, mould ε492Ἐκμαγῆσαιto model ε493Ἐκμαλθακῶσαιto soften ε494Ἐκμαρτυρεῖνto bear witness ε495Ἐκμαρτυρίαekmartyria, out-of-court testimony

Revision history7 revisions · last 2 Sep 2024

2 Sep 2024changed cross-reference n.3 — Ronald Allen
29 Jul 2024correct date and tweaked n.3 — Ronald Allen
28 Jul 2024expanded n.3; added bibliography, cross-references, and keywords — Ronald Allen
19 Dec 2016tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
6 Aug 2012another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2012updated a reference — David Whitehead
7 Jan 2007augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Jan 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκμαλθακῶσαι (Adler number epsilon 493), trans. William Hutton, 6 Jan 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/493

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗