ἄθυμος
ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
English (LSJ)
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A fainthearted, spiritless, once in Hom., ἀσκελέες καὶ ἄ. Od.10.463; κακὸς καὶ ἄ. Hdt.7.11; οὐ τοῖς ἀ. ἡ τύχη ξυλλαμβάνει S.Fr. 927, cf. OT319; of nations, opp. ἔνθυμος, Arist.Pol.1327b28: Comp. -ότερος Men.405.2; ἄ. εἶναι πρός τι to have little heart for it, X.An.1.4.9. Adv. ἀθύμως, ἔχειν πρός τι Id.HG4.5.4, cf. Isoc.3.58; ἀθύμως διάγειν X.Cyr.3.1.24; ἀθύμως πονεῖν to work without spirit, Id.Oec. 21.5; ὁδοὺς ἀ. τιθέντες discouraging their marches, A.Eu.770. 2 without anger or passion, Pl.R.411b, Lg.888a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 48] 1) muthlos, Od. 10, 463 (ἅπαξ εἰρημ.) Her. 7, 11 u. a.; dah. verdrossen, mißmüthig, Soph. O. R. 319; πρὸς τὴν ἀνάβασιν Xen. An. 1, 4, 9. – 2) Bei Plat. dem θυμοειδής entgegengesetzt, nicht zornmüthig, Rep. V, 456 a. – Adv. ἀθὐμως διάγειν, muthlos sein, Xen. Cvr. 3, 1, 24; mißmüthig sein, Isocr. 4, 44; ἀθυμοτέρως Arist. H. A. 9, 40; ἀθύμως ἔχειν πρός τι Xen. Hell. 4, 5, 4; Plut.
