μαλακόλαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós, “soft; effeminate”) + λᾰλέω (lăléō, “to talk, chat”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.la.kó.la.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.laˈko.la.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.laˈko.la.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.laˈko.la.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.laˈko.la.los/
Adjective
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλος • (mălăkólălos) m or f (neuter μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλον); second declension
- speaking effeminately
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλος mălăkólălos |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλον mălăkólălon |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλοι mălăkólăloi |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλᾰ mălăkólălă | ||||||||
| Genitive | μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λου mălăkolắlou |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λου mălăkolắlou |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοιν mălăkolắloin |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοιν mălăkolắloin |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λων mălăkolắlōn |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λων mălăkolắlōn | ||||||||
| Dative | μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λῳ mălăkolắlōi |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λῳ mălăkolắlōi |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοιν mălăkolắloin |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοιν mălăkolắloin |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοις mălăkolắlois |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λοις mălăkolắlois | ||||||||
| Accusative | μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλον mălăkólălon |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλον mălăkólălon |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λους mălăkolắlous |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλᾰ mălăkólălă | ||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλε mălăkólăle |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλον mălăkólălon |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λω mălăkolắlō |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλοι mălăkólăloi |
μᾰλᾰκόλᾰλᾰ mălăkólălă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μᾰλᾰκολᾰ́λως mălăkolắlōs |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰλώτερος mălăkolălṓteros |
μᾰλᾰκολᾰλώτᾰτος mălăkolălṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μαλακόλαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press