ἀτονία
κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων → the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A slackness, enervation, debility, Hp.Aër.20; laziness, Epicur.Nat.54 G.; ψυχῆς Plu.2.535d; ἀσθένεια καὶ ἀ. Luc.Nigr.36; ἰνῶν ἀ. καὶ τρόμος Phld.Acad.Ind.p.76M.; as Stoic term, lack of τόνος (q.v.), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.120,123, Arr.Epict. 2.15.4, etc.; in oratory, lack of vigour in delivery, Hermog.Inv.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 387] ἡ, Abspannung, Mattigkeit, Plut. de vit. pud. 18; = ἀσθένεια Luc. Nigr. 36.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀτονία: ἡ, ἔκλυσις, χαλάρωσις τῶν δυνάμεων, ἀδυναμία, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 292, Πλούτ. 2. 535D.
