The corpus record

καταθαρσ-έω

katatharseo

to be confident

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Where it lives

Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

καταθαρσ-έω · katathars-eō — LSJ

to be confident, looking forward confidently to, make bold to

to be confident, in pf. part., Plb. 1.40.3; κ. τοῖς ὅλοις looking forward confidently to a complete victory, Id. 3.86.8; κατεθάρσησεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις LXX 2 Ch. 32.8: c. inf., make bold to . . , παρεπιδείκνυσθαι δημοσίᾳ τὸ ἀνοσιούργημα Ph. 2.220; τοῖς ὕδασι παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτούς Agath. 3.20.

2 behave boldly against

c. gen., behave boldly against, τῆς τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν δυνάμεως D.S. 15.34; χώρας Str. 12.8.6.

3 to be confirmed

Pass., to be confirmed, Cod.Just. 9.4.6.5.

In the wild

καταθαρροῦσιν · katatharrousin Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
κατεθάρσησεν · katetharsēsen Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 32

Where it came from

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