μαλακός
Alt. μα^λα^κός, ή, όν
I. Lat. mollis, soft, Hom., etc.; μ. νειός "a fresh-ploughed" fallow, Il.; μ. λειμών "a soft grassy" meadow, Od.; μ. παρειαί Soph.; σώματα Xen.: —adv., καθίζου μαλακῶς sit "softly", i. e. "on a cushion", Ar.
II. of things not subject to touch, "soft, gentle", θάνατος, ὕπνος Hom.; μαλακῶς εὕδειν to sleep "softly", Od.; μαλακὰ ἔπεα, μ. λόγοι "soft, fair" words, Hom.; μ. βλέμμα "tender, youthful" looks, Ar.; "light, mild", ζημία Thuc.
III. in bad sense, of persons, "soft, yielding, remiss", id=Thuc., Xen.:—adv., μαλακωτέρως ἀνθήπτετο attacked him "somewhat feebly", Thuc.: —also "faint-hearted, effeminate, cowardly", id=Thuc., Xen.; μαλακὸν οὐδὲν ἐνδιδόναι not to give in "from want of spirit", not to flag a whit, Hdt., Ar.