ἁπᾰλ-ύνω [ῡ],
soften, ἵππου τὸ στόμα, τὰς τρίχας, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 4.5, 5.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; make plump, opposed to ἰσχναίνω, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 make tender or delicate, τοὺς πόδας ὑποδήμασι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be softened, metaphorically, [[ LXX.2Ki.22.19, LXX.Psa.54(55).21.] LXX]