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τολμηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τολμηρός τολμηρή τολμηρόν

Structure: τολμηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tolma/w

Sense

  1. hardihood

Examples

  • ὦ βδελυρὲ καὶ τολμηρὲ κἀναίσχυντε σὺ καὶ μιαρὲ καὶ παμμίαρε καὶ μιαρώτατε, πῶσ δεῦρ’ ἀνῆλθεσ ὦ μιαρῶν μιαρώτατε; (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests 1:10)
  • ὦ μιαρὲ καὶ τολμηρὲ τί ποιεῖν διανοεῖ; (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, strophe 1 1:2)
  • ὦ βδελυρὲ κἀναίσχυντε καὶ τολμηρὲ σὺ καὶ μιαρὲ καὶ παμμίαρε καὶ μιαρώτατε, ὃσ τὸν κύν’ ἡμῶν ἐξελάσασ τὸν Κέρβερον ἀπῇξασ ἄγχων κἀποδρὰσ ᾤχου λαβών, ὃν ἐγὼ ’φύλαττον. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene8)

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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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