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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

  • δεινὰ δ’ ἐσ ἀλλήλασ δράκον ὄμμασι θυμήνασαι, ἐν δ’ ὄνυχασ χεῖράσ τε θρασείασ ἰσώσαντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:10)
  • ἐὰν δ’ ὑπερβάλλωσι, πρὸσ τῷ κενῷ καὶ ἀβεβαίῳ φορτικὰσ φαινομένασ καὶ θρασείασ οὐδὲ ψυχικὰσ ἄν τισ οὐδὲ χαράσ, ἀλλὰ σωματικὰσ ἡδονὰσ καὶ οἱο͂ν ἐπιμειδιάσεισ καὶ συνεπιθρύψεισ προσείποι τῆσ ψυχῆσ. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 9 2:1)
  • ̓τον ὑπὸ τούτων ἐνοχλούμενοσ ἢ χαλεπώτερον ἀνθρώπῳ σπληνὸσ ἀνέχεσθαι οἰδοῦντοσ καὶ διεφθαρμένου ὀδόντοσ ἢ ψυχῆσ ἄφρονοσ καὶ ἀμαθοῦσ καὶ δειλῆσ καὶ θρασείασ καὶ φιληδόνου καὶ ἀνελευθέρου καὶ ὀργίλησ καὶ λυπηρᾶσ καὶ πανούργου καὶ πάντα τρόπον διεφθαρμένησ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 9:3)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ χαύνουσ τὰσ ψυχὰσ καὶ θρασείασ ποιεῖ, τὰ δὲ ταπεινάσ τε καὶ ἀνελευθέρουσ. (Plato, Laws, book 5 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. bold

  2. to be ventured

  3. too boldly

Related

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

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