τόλμα: Difference between revisions

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