malaxo
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).
Verb[edit]
malaxō (present infinitive malaxāre, perfect active malaxāvī, supine malaxātum); first conjugation
- to soften, to knead
Conjugation[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: malax, malaxate
- → French: malaxer
- → Italian: malassare
- ⇒? Sicilian: malassata (“omelette”)
References[edit]
- “malaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- malaxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.