1.
strengthening the word with which it stands,
mavla pollav
very
many, Id.;
mavla pavnte", m. pa`sai,
m. pavnta
, all
together, every one,
Id.;
mavlÆ ajskhqhv"
all
unhurt, Od.;
ajblhcro;" mavla toi`o"
so
very
weak, Ib.:—so in Att.,
mavla dh; presbuvth"
very
old, Xen.;
m. gev tine" ojlivgoi
Plat.:—so with Advs.,
pavgcu mavla
and
mavla pavgcu
quite
utterly, Il.;
eu\ mavla
right
well, Od.;
mavlÆ aijeiv
for ever and aye, Il.;
a[cri mavla knevfao"
until
quite
dark, Od.;
mavla diamperev"
right
through, Il.:—so in Att., to express repeated action,
mavlÆ au\qi", mavlÆ au\
Aesch., etc.:—with Verbs,
mhv me mavlÆ ai[nee
praise me not
greatly,
Il.;
hJ de; mavlÆ hJniovceuen
she drove
carefully,
Od., etc.
2. strengthening an assertion, eij mavla min covlo" i{koi if wrath come on him ever so much, Hom.; so mavla per with a partic., mavla per memawv" though desiring never so much, Il.
3.
in Att. in answers,
yes, certainly, exactly so,
mavla ge
Plat., etc.;
m. toi
Xen., etc.;
kai; m. dhv
Id.
II.
Comp.
ma`llon
,
more,
Hom.;
ma`llon tou` devonto"
more than is right, Plat., Xen., etc.;
panto;" ma`llon
more than
anything, i.e. most certainly, Plat.
2.
denoting increase,
more and more, still more,
Od.;
ma`llon ma`llon
, Lat.
magis magisque
,
Eur., Ar.
3.
sometimes joined to a second Comp.,
rJhivteroi ma`llon
Il.;
ma`llon a\sson
Soph., etc.
4.
ma`llon dev
,
much more,
but
rather,
polloiv, ma`llon de; pavnte"
Dem.
5.
in
ma`llon h] ouj, ouj
seems redundant,
h{kei oJ Pevrsh" oujde;n ma`llon ejpÆ hJmeva" h] ouj ejpÆ uJmeva"
the Persians have come not
more
against us, than against you, Hdt.; in this case
ma`llon h] ouj
is preceded by another negat.
6.
to; m. kai; h|tton
, a form of argument, which we call
a fortiori,
Arist.
III.
Sup.
mavlista
,
most, most of all,
Hom., etc.;
mavlista mevn. . , e[peita dev
. . ,
first and above all. . ,
next. . , Soph.:—
tiv mavlista
; what is the
precise
thing that you want? Plat.;
wJ"
or
o{ti m
., Lat.
quam maxime
,
Id.;
o{son m
. Aesch.;
wJ" m
.
certainly,
in answers, Plat.;
wJ" duvnamai m
. Id.;
makrw`/ m
. Hdt.
2.
ej" ta; mavlista
for the most part, mostly,
Id.; so,
ta; mavlista
Thuc., etc.; also,
ajnh;r dovkimo" oJmoi`a tw`/ m
. as famous as he that is most [famous], Hdt.
b.
ejn toi`" m
.
especially, as much as any,
Thuc., Plat.
3.
mavlista
may be added to a Sup.,
e[cqisto" mavlista, mavlista fivltato"
Il.;
m. fivltato"
Eur.
4.
with numbers,
mavlista
means
about,
Thuc., Xen., etc.; so,
ej" mevson mavlista
about
the middle, Hdt. ;
h{misu m
. Thuc., etc.
5. kai; mavlista is used in answers, most certainly, Lat. vel maxime , Ar.; so, m ge Soph.; m. pavntwn Ar.
malakaivpou"
ma±la±kaiv-pou" , oJ, hJ, poun, tov , poët. for malakovpou" , soft-footed, treading softly, Theocr.
malakiva
ma±la±kiva , Ion. -ivh , hJ , ( malakov" ) softness, delicacy, effeminacy, Hdt., Thuc.
2.
want of patience, weakness,
Arist.
II.
calmness of the sea,
Caesar.
malakiavw
ma±la±kiavw , =sq., Xen., Plut.
malakivzomai
ma±la±kivzomai : f. malakisqhvsomai : aor. I ejmalakivsqhn , and in med. form ejmalakisavmhn : ( malakov" ):— to be softened or made effeminate, shew weakness or cowardice, Thuc., Xen.
2. to be softened or appeased, Thuc.
ma±la±kov-geio" , on , ( gh` ) with or of soft soil, Strab.