θοῦρος
From LSJ
τῶν γὰρ μετρίων πρῶτα μὲν εἰπεῖν τοὔνομα νικᾷ → the first mention of the word moderation wins the game (Euripides, Medea 125f.)
English (LSJ)
ον, (θρῴσκω)
A rushing, impetuous, furious, Hom. (only in Il.), as epith. of Ares, 15.127,al. (of the planet Mars, Doroth. ap. Heph.Astr.1.1); Τυφών A.Pr.356, cf. Fr.199; δόρυ E.Rh.492; ἀνὴρ Γαλάτης Eleg.Alex.Adesp.2.14:—fem. θοῦρις, ῐδος, ἡ, epith. of ἀλκή, Od.4.527, Il.7.164, al.; θ. ἀσπίς, prob. the shield with which one rushes to the fight, 11.32; αἰγίς 15.308.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1215] (θορεῖν), anstürmend, anspringend; Ἄρης, der im Kriege auf den Feind muthig eindringt, Il 15, 127 u. öfter; Eur. Suppl. 579; Τυφών Aesch. Prom. 354; δόρυ Eur. Rhes. 492; Ap. Rh. 1, 466.
