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Headword:
Μάλκιον
Adler number: mu,113
Translated headword: benumbing
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Weak, very cold.[1]
"By drinking a drug both weak and benumbing, Mithridates slowly revealed his strength."[2]
Greek Original:Μάλκιον: ἀσθενές, ψυχρότατον. ὁ δὲ Μιθριδάτης πιὼν φάρμακον ἀσθενές τε καὶ μάλκιον βραδέως τὴν ἰσχὺν ἀπεδείκνυτο.
Notes:
[1] Neuter singular of this adjective, presumably extracted from the quotation given; and cf.
mu 114 (and
mu 112).
[2] Quotation unidentifiable, but for Mithridates/
Mithradates cf. generally
mu 1044; and for this celebrated feat of his cf. under
omega 280,
phi 858.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 May 2008@06:19:17.
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