μᾰλάχη [λᾰ], ἡ,
mallow, Malva silvestris, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 41, Batrachomyomachia 161, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 131.1 (_plural_), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.2, 7.8.1, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.99, etc.; σιτεῖσθαι ἀντὶ μὲν ἄρτων μαλάχης πτόρθους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 544 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also μολόχη, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 153, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 158, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.118 (codex F). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 μ. ἀγρία, = {ἀλθαία} 1, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.15.5, Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.146. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 μ. κηπευτή tree-mallow, Lavatera arborea, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.118, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.628; μ. ἀποδενδρουμένη 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.2; ἄνθρακες -ης 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.48. (Perh. from μαλάσσω] Refs 4th c.BC+], because of its laxative properties,[[compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place], 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 20.221 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; the relation to Latin malva, Engl. mallow is uncertain.)