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μαλακίζομαι

μαλακίζομαι, to be softened

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μαλακίζουσα present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular of μαλακίζομαι

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μᾰλᾰκ-ίζομαι, fut. μαλακισθήσομαι D.C. 38.18: aor. ἐμαλακίσθην Th. 2.42, al., Pl. Sph. 267a, D. 24.175: less freq. in med. form ἐμαλακισάμην, X. Ap. 33, Cyr. 4.2.21:—
  • to be softened or made effeminate, show weakness or cowardice, οὔτε πλούτου τις . . ἀπόλαυσιν προτιμήσας ἐμαλακίσθη, οὔτε πενίας ἐλπίδι Th. l.c.; of soldiers, μὴ ὄντος χωρίου . . ὅποι ἂν μαλακισθέντες σωθείητε Id. 7.77; κἂν αὐτὸς μαλακίζηται X. Cyr. 2.3.3; μ. πρὸς τὸν θάνατον meet death like a weakling, Id. Ap. l.c.
      • 2 to be softened, appeased, Th. 6.29; πρὸς τὸ παρόν Id. 3.40.
      • 3 to be weakly, Arist. HA 605a25, Thphr. Char. 1.4, PSI 4.420.16 (iii B. C.), SIG 2850.24 (Delph., ii B. C.): acc. to Phot. applied to men in Att., opp. ἀσθενεῖν, of women, but this is not so; cf. Alciphr. 2.1.

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