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θάρσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θάρσος θάρση θάρσον

Structure: θαρς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qrasu/s

Sense

  1. courage, boldness, courage to do
  2. that which gives courage, grounds of confidence
  3. audacity

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative θάρσος θά́ρση θάρσον
Genitive θάρσου θά́ρσης θάρσου
Dative θάρσῳ θά́ρσῃ θάρσῳ
Accusative θάρσον θά́ρσην θάρσον
Vocative θάρσε θά́ρση θάρσον
DualN/A/V θάρσω θά́ρσᾱ θάρσω
G/D θάρσοιν θά́ρσαιν θάρσοιν
PluralNominative θάρσοι θά́ρσαι θάρσα
Genitive θάρσων θάρσῶν θάρσων
Dative θάρσοις θά́ρσαις θάρσοις
Accusative θάρσους θά́ρσᾱς θάρσα
Vocative θάρσοι θά́ρσαι θάρσα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θάρσος θάρσου θαρσότερος θαρσοτέρου θαρσότατος θαρσοτάτου
Adverb θάρσως θαρσότερον θαρσότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρὸσ ταῦτά νυν θαρσῶν καθήσθω τοῖσ πεδαρσίοισ κτύποισ πιστόσ, τινάσσων τ’ ἐν χεροῖν πύρπνουν βέλοσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode5)
  • θαρσῶν δὲ μίμνε μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρ’· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:21)
  • ὃσ ἀνδρὸσ οὐκέτ’ ὄντοσ, ἀλλ’ ἤδη σκιᾶσ, θαρσῶν ὑβρίζεισ κἀξελευθεροστομεῖσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode15)
  • νῦν μέν, ἴσωσ γὰρ τόπον ἐσχατιαῖσ προσιδεῖν ἐθέλεισ ὅντινα κεῖται, δέρκου θαρσῶν· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, anapests1)
  • σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέροσ ἔργων, ἐπαύ̈σασ πατρὸσ αὐδὰν θροούσᾳ πρὸσ σὲ τέκνον πατρὸσ αὐδὰν καὶ πέραιν’ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, ephymn 31)

Synonyms

  1. courage

  2. audacity

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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