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|Definition=ης, ἡ, also [[τόλμη]], which <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.114</span> B. compares with [[πρύμνη]] for [[πρύμνα]]: but (apart from <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> πρὸς τόλμην πεσεῖν S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span> 11 (Pap.), which is not guaranteed by the metre) only the form [[τόλμᾰ]] (acc. [[τόλμᾰν]], e. g. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>862</span>) occurs in Att. and Trag., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>702</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1264</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>426</span> (in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1416</span>, <b class="b3">ἥ γε τόλμα σου</b> (cj. Jodrell) is the prob.l.), <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>, <span class="bibl">6.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>193d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>575a</span>, Gal.15.144, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1119.8</span> (iii A. D.), etc.; so in Ion., <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.135</span>; but [[τόλμη]] (nom.) in <span class="bibl">Clitarch. 35J.</span>, acc. τόλμην <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ju.</span>16.10(12)</span> cod.Alex.: Dor. τόλμᾱ, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>9.82</span>, <span class="bibl">13.11</span>:—[[courage]], [[hardihood]], Pi. ll. cc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.[[ζ]], Trag. and Att. (v. supr.); <b class="b3">τόλμα καλῶν</b> [[courage for]] noble acts, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.59</span>; <b class="b3">τῶνδε τόλμαν σχεθεῖν</b> to have [[courage]] or [[nerve]] for this business, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[over-boldness]], [[recklessness]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1004</span> (<span class="bibl">996</span>); πῶς οὖν . . ἐς τόδ' ἂν τόλμης ἔβη; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1264</span>, etc.; τόλμης ἔργα κἀναισχυντίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>702</span>; τ. ἀλόγιστος <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.59</span>; τ. καὶ ἀναίδεια <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.6.46</span>; θρασύτης καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span> 197b</span>; τ. καὶ ἀναισχυντία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>38d</span>; ἡ ἄφρων τ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>193d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a [[bold act]] or [[daring act]], φίλτρα τόλμης τῆσδε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1029</span>; [[τόλμας]] (gen.), ἃν ἔρεξα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>838</span> (lyr.): pl., κακὰς δὲ τόλμας μήτ' ἐπισταίμην ἐγώ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>582</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>46</span>; ἀνόσιοι πληγῶν τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>881a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.</span>336d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Pythag. name for <span class="bibl">2</span>, Anatol. ap. <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>8. (v. [[Τλάω]].) </span>