A.soften, mitigate, “ἐλπωρὴ ἀμαλδύνει κακότητα” Q.S.1.73, cf. 13.401; but in early Ep. crush, destroy, “τεῖχος ἀμαλδῦναι” Il.12.18; bring low, “συμφορὰ ἐσθλὸν ἀμαλδύνει” B.13.3; put an end to, “τὴν διὰ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ πνοήν” Hp.Nat.Puer.17; use up, squander, “χρήματα” Theoc.16.59; weaken, “ὀφθαλμούς” Cat.Cod.Astr.2.174:—Pass., “ὥς κεν . . τεῖχος ἀμαλδύνηται” Il.7.463; “ἀμαλδυνθήσομαι” Ar.Pax380; “ὄμματα ἀ.” Hp.Mul. 2.201; “ἀ. ἡ δίοδος τῆς γονῆς” Id.Genit.2; “ἀμαλδυνθεῖσα χρόνῳ περικαλλέα μορφήν” AP6.18 (Jul.); neglect, waste, Democr.202.
ἀμαλδύνω , (ἀμαλός) Ep. (not in Od.) and Ion. word, properly,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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