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θρασύσπλαγχνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρασύσπλαγχνος θρασύσπλαγχνον

Structure: θρασυσπλαγχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spla/gxnon

Sense

  1. bold-hearted

Examples

  • καὶ κίβδηλον ἐχόντων τὸ γένοσ σφάλλεσθαι καὶ ταπεινοῦσθαι πέφυκε, καὶ μάλ’ ὀρθῶσ ὁ λέγων ποιητήσ φησι δουλοῖ γὰρ ἄνδρα, κἂν θρασύσπλαγχνόσ τισ ᾖ, ὅταν συνειδῇ μητρὸσ ἢ πατρὸσ κακά ὥσπερ ἀμέλει μεγαλαυχίασ ἐμπίπλανται καὶ φρυάγματοσ οἱ γονέων διασήμων. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 2 5:1)
  • δουλοῖ γὰρ ἄνδρα, κἂν θρασύσπλαγχνόσ τισ ᾖ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. z'. BIWN 6:5)

Synonyms

  1. bold-hearted

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

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