μαλακία

malakia-2

softness

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 7
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1115b7–1116a14

1116a14
Book VII 6
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20

1145a35
1145b9

Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28

1150a31
1150b3
1150b15

Chapter 10 1152a6–36

1152a35
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18

1251a14
Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a28
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1384a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

μαλακία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (μαλακός) A. softness, Hp. Aër. 20: hence, of persons, moral weakness, opp. καρτερία, Arist. EN 1150a31, cf. Hdt. 6.11, Th. 1.122, Lys. 10.11, X. Smp. 8.8, D. 11.22, etc.; τῇ σαυτοῦ ζυγομάχει μ. Men. 201.5. 2. = κιναιδεία, Ph. 2.306, Plu. CG 4, D.C. 58.4. 3. weakliness, sickness, LXX Ge. 42.4, Ev.Matt. 4.23, Ps.-Hdt. Vit.Hom. 36, POxy. 1151.27 (v A. D.); μ. σώματος, opp. ψυχῆς, Phld. Mus.p.30 K. II. calmness of the sea, malacia ac tranquillitas, Caes.BG 3.15.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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