ἀτολμία
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A want of daring, cowardice, E.Fr.364 (v.l. ἀνανδρία), Th.2.89, X.HG5.3.22, etc. 2 bashfulness, D.61.20.
German (Pape)
[Seite 387] ἡ, Muthlosigkeit, Feigheit, Thuc. 4, 120; Ggstz τόλμα Xen. Hell. 5, 3, 22; öfter Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀτολμία: ἡ, ἔλλειψις τόλμης, δειλία, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 366 (ἄλλ. ἀνανδρία), Θουκ. 2. 89, κτλ. 2) ἁπλῶς τὸ μὴ τολμᾶν, τὸ ὑποχωρεῖν, Δημ. 1407. 14.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
manque de hardiesse, pusillanimité.
Étymologie: ἄτολμος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
1 falta de audacia, cobardía (στρατόπεδα) ἔπεσεν ὑπ' ἐλασσόνων ... τῇ ἀτολμίᾳ Th.2.89, cf. 4.120, X.HG 5.3.22, D.C.37.32.3.
2 timidez τοῖς δ' ἀποθρασύνεσθαι βουλομένοις ἀτολμίαν ἡ σὴ σωφροσύνη παρεσκεύακεν D.61.20, cf. Hld.7.20.2.
