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θρασύς

thrasus

bold, full of confidence, over-bold, rash

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Where it lives

  • Rhesus 5 · 9.3/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 14 · 5.37/10k
  • Proverbia 5 · 4.5/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
  • Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
  • Ajax 3 · 3.82/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
  • Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
  • Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
  • Laches 2 · 2.61/10k
  • Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
  • Hellenica 15 · 2.28/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

bold, full of confidence

bold, chiefly of persons, Il. 8.89, etc.; also θ. πόλεμος 6.254, 10.28, Od. 4.146; θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν 5.434, Il. 17.662, al.; θ. καρδία Pi. P. 10.44; πούς Ar. Ra. 330 (lyr.); ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ ἔργῳ θρασύς Hdt. 7.49; ἡ ἐλπὶς θρασεῖα τοῦ μέλλοντος full of confidence, Th. 7.77; θρασὺς τὸ ἦθος Arist. Pol. 1315a11.

2 over-bold, rash, audacious, arrogant, insolent

more freq. in bad sense, over-bold, rash, σὺν δʼ ὁ θ. εἵπετʼ Ὀδυσσεύς Od. 10.436 (Sch. προπετής) ; Γοργόνες Pi. P. 12.7; audacious, arrogant, insolent, A. Pr. 180 (lyr.), Ar. Nu. 445 (anap.), etc.; Ἄρης . . πρὸς ἀλλήλους θ., of civil war, A. Eu. 863; γλώσσῃ θ. S. Aj. 1142; ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Id. Ph. 1307; ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων D. Prooem. 32; ἀνομίᾳ θ. E. IT 275; πονηρὸς εἶ καὶ θ. Ar. Eq. 181; θρασεῖς καὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ὑβρισταί Pl. Lg. 630b; ἀλαζὼν ὁ θ. καὶ προσποιητικὸς ἀνδρείας Arist. EN 1115b29; [ὅμοιόν τι ἔ

II to be ventured, bold

of things, to be ventured, c. inf., θρασύ μοι τόδʼ εἰπεῖν this I am bold to say, Pi. N. 7.50; οὐκ ἆρʼ ἐκείνῳ γʼ οὐδὲ προσμεῖξαι θρασύ; S. Ph. 106.

III too boldly, dhṛs-

Adv. -έως Ar. V. 1031, etc.: Aeol. θροσέως Jo.Gramm. Comp. 2.1: Comp. θρασύτερον too boldly, Th. 8.103; -τέρως Phalar. Ep. 34: Sup. θρασύτατα Th. 8.84 and (with v.l. -άτως) D.S. 17.44: neut. as Adv., ἀναιδὲς καὶ θρασὺ βλέπειν Cratin. 24 D. (I.-E. dhers- in θέρσος (older than θάρσος and θράσος), dhṛs- in θρασύς, Skt. dhṛṣṇú- ‘bold’, cf. Engl. dare, durst.)

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θρασύς (scan p. 438; entry #3085).

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