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Headword: Malakizesthai
Adler number: mu,90
Translated headword: to be soft
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Attic writers says that women, when ill, are 'soft', whereas men are 'weak'.

Greek Original:

Malakizesthai: en tais nosois phasin Attikoi tas gunaikas malakizesthai, tous de andras asthenein.

Note:

Untrue: see LSJ s.v.

Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; medicine; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 December 2003@08:51:29.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (set status) on 26 December 2003@13:29:26.

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