Μαλακόν
soft, feeble
Translated by David Whitehead7 May 2008Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μαλακόν· ἁπαλόν, ἢ καὶ ἀσελγές. ὁ δὲ οὐ πάνυ δεξιῶς ὑπεξῆλθεν ἀθυμίᾳ καὶ πληγῶν πλειόνων γενομένων, διὰ τὸ μαλακῶς τὸν τράχηλον παρασχεῖν.
Betacode
*malako/n: a(palo/n, h)\ kai\ a)selge/s. o( de\ ou) pa/nu deciw=s u(pech=lqen a)qumi/a| kai\ plhgw=n pleio/nwn genome/nwn, dia\ to\ malakw=s to\n tra/xhlon parasxei=n.
Notes (2)
- 1For the headword adjective see again mu 94. Here it is apparently masculine accusative singular, quoted from Homer, Iliad 2.42 (where it applies to a chiton; with the scholia there cf. the first gloss here); however, the second gloss treats it as neuter. ↩
- 2This quotation, as Adler notes, was connected by Tiberius Hemsterhuys (1685-1766) with Cicero (kappa 1594). [On the murder of Cicero, 7 December 43 BCE, see Plutarch, Cicero 48.5: "he stretched his neck out of the litter and was slain".] However, a TLG search reveals that it actually comes from Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 19.271, on the execution of Lupus (web address 1). See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II pp.LXXXV-LXXXVI. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mildThe human being is the most intelligent animal of all, and has the most accurate taste, which is [a sort of] touch, since he is the most delicate and sensitive with regard to touch. For the secretions dissipate faster,…
- μ97ΜαλάσσωI make soft, I make supple[Used] with an accusative.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 1 Jul 2020
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- modified n.2, adding a source identification — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead