θρασύς

θρᾰσύς, εῖα, ύ, fem. θρασέα, metri gr., Philem.20 (s.v.l.):—

A 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 more freq. in bad sense, over-bold, rash,

σὺν δ' ὁ θ. εἵπετ' 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.EN1115b29

; [ὅμοιόν τι ἔχει] ὁ θ. τῷ θαρραλέῳ ib.1151b7; τὸ μὴ θ. modesty, A.Supp.197: [comp] Comp.

-ύτερος Pl.La.184b

, Phld.Lib.p.61 O.: [comp] Sup.

-ύτατος Isoc.12.133

, etc.

II of things, to be ventured, c. inf., θρασύ μοι τόδ' εἰπεῖν this I am bold to say, Pi.N.7.50; οὐκ ἆρ' ἐκείνῳ γ' οὐδὲ προσμεῖξαι θρασύ; S.Ph.106.

III Adv.

-έως Ar.V.1031

, etc.: [dialect] Aeol. [full] θροσέως Jo.Gramm. Comp.2.1: [comp] Comp. θρασύτερον too boldly, Th.8.103;

-τέρως Phalar.Ep.34

: [comp] 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. dhṛ[snull ]ṇú- 'bold', cf. Engl. dare, durst.)