The Ancient Greek word for soft is
μαλακός
Translations for soft and their definitions
μαλακός | |
1. adj. soft, tender | |
2. adj. gentle | |
3. adj. light, mild | |
4. adj. (of persons, modes of life) soft, mild, gentle | |
5. adj. (in a bad sense) soft, yielding, remiss | |
6. adj. # faint-hearted, effeminate, cowardly | |
7. adj. # incapable of bearing pain | |
8. adj. # (of music) soft, effeminate | |
9. adj. # (of reasoning) weak, loose | |
10. adj. effeminate | |
11. n. catamite |
μαλθακός | |
1. adj. soft, tender, mellow | |
2. adj. (metaphorically) weak, feeble | |
3. adj. gentle, mild, mellow |
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