μᾰλακ-ύνω,
soften, variant for{μαλακευνέω} in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.66; αἱ πυρώσεις τὸν σίδηρον -ουσιν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 71.43; Κύριος ἐμαλάκυνε τὴν καρδίαν μου LXX.Job.23.16 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; weaken, χεῖρας καὶ πόδας [[ 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 19p.107H. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, become soft, flag, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.5; ταῖς ψυχαῖς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]