malaxo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mălaxo, āvi, 1, v. a., = μαλάσσω,

to soften, mollify : malas, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 7: ventrem, Plin. Val. 1, 8: articulos, Sen. Ep. 66, 49; but v. malacisso.