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θρασύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρασύς θρασεῖα θρασύ

Structure: θρασυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. bold, spirited, courageous, confident, full of confidence
  2. over-bold, rash, venturous
  3. to be ventured, bold
  4. too boldly

Examples

  • ἐν ᾇ καὶ τὸν ἀδείμαντον Ἀλκμήνα τέκεν παῖδα, θρασεῖαι τόν ποτε Γηρυόνα φρῖξαν κύνεσ. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 1 3:2)
  • θρασεῖαι δ’ αἳ οὐκ ἐῶσι τῶν συνεργῶν τὰσ σοφωτέρασ εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν προιέναι, ἀλλ’ ἀνείργουσι θορυβοῦσαι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 9:2)
  • "τὰ δὲ πρὸσ ἑταίρασ, ἂν μὲν ὦσιν ἰταμαὶ καὶ θρασεῖαι, διακόπτεται σωφρονισμοῖσ τισιν ἢ μετανοίαισ τῶν νέων· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 10:19)

Synonyms

  1. bold

  2. to be ventured

  3. too boldly

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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