μαλάσσω

μᾰλάσσω, [dialect] Att. [suff] μᾰλάκ-ττω, [tense] fut. -ξω E.Or.1201: ([etym.] μαλακός):—

A make soft,

I of dressing leather, make it supple, Luc.Anach.24;

μ. δέρμα Hp.Aph. 5.22

, of the human skin:—hence, with reference to Cleon's trade of tanner, μ. τινά give one a hiding, Ar.Eq.388: metaph., ἐν παγκρατίου στόλῳ μαλαχθείς worsted in it, Pi.N.3.16; χηλῇ μαλαχθείς crushed by the hoof, of a toad, Babr.28.6.

2 soften metal or other materials for working,

ὥσπερ σίδηρον μ. Pl.R.411b

:—[voice] Pass., Arist. Mete.383a31.

3 calm, μαλάξοντες βιατὰν πόντον, of the Dioscuri, Lyr.Adesp.133.

II metaph., soften, appease, σπλάγχνον, ὀργάς, E. Or.1201, Alc.771; χρόνος μαλάξει σε will relieve thee, ib.381, cf. 1085; [θωπεῖαι] τοὺς θυμοὺς μαλάττουσαι ποιοῦσιν κηρίνους interpol. in Pl.Lg. 633d;

μ. τὸ τῆς φύσεως σκληρόν Plb.4.21.3

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μ. τὰ ἤθη Plu.2.156d

:— [voice] Pass., to be softened, relent,

πρὸς θεῶν, μαλάσσου S.Aj.594

; τί κακόν ποτ' ἔσθ' ὅτῳ μαλάττομαι; Ar.V.973; τῶν ψυχῶν -ομένων (by music) Phld.Mus.p.33 K.; μ. νόσου to be relieved from disease, S.Ph.1334; of fever, remit, Hp.Epid.3.17.5, cf. Coac.380;

τὰ πολλὰ τῶν δεινῶν ἡμέρας μαλάσσεται S.Fr.65

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