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Headword: Μαλακία
Adler number: mu,89
Translated headword: softness
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Laziness.
Disease.[1]
"[Hannibal] appointed his brother to command the rearguard particularly because of the Celts' softness and aversion to hard work".[2]
Greek Original:
Μαλακία: ῥαθυμία. νόσος. καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τὰς μαλακίας τῶν Κελτῶν καὶ φυγοπονίας ὥρισε τὸν ἀδελφὸν οὐραγεῖν.
Notes:
[1] cf. generally mu 90 (also mu 91).
[2] A recasting of Polybius 3.79.4.
Keywords: biography; definition; historiography; history; medicine; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 December 2003@09:06:33.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 26 December 2003@13:27:42.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 26 December 2003@13:32:08.
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