ἀθυμία
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A lack of spirit, Hp.Aër.16; faintheartedness, despondency, Hdt.1.37, E.HF552; εἰς ἀ. καθιστάναι or ἐμβάλλειν τινά Pl.Lg.731a, Aeschin.3.177; ἀ. παρέχειν τινί X.Cyr.4.1.8; εἰς ἀ. καταστῆναι Lys.12.3; ἐν πάσῃ ἀ. εἶναι X.HG6.2.24; ἀθυμίαν ἔχειν S.Ant.237; ἀ. ἐμπίπτει τινί X.Mem.3.12.6: pl., ἀ. ἢ φόβοι Arist.Pr.954a23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀθῡμία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, ἔλλειψις θάρρους, ὀλιγοψυχία, ἀδημονία, λύπη, ἀπελπισία, Ἡρόδ. 1. 37, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 237, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 551· εἰς ἀθ. καθιστάναι ἢ ἐμβάλλειν τινά, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 731Α, Αἰσχίν. 79. 12· ἀθ. παρέχειν τινί, Ξεν. Κύρ. 4. 1, 8· εἰς ἀθ. καταστῆναι, Λυσ. 120, 23· ἐν ἀθ. εἶναι, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 6. 2, 24· ἀθυμίαν ἔχειν, Σοφ. ἔνθ’ ἄνωτ., Ξενοφ. ― ἀθ. ἐμπίπτει τινί, Ξεν. Ἀπομ. 3. 12, 6: ― πληθ., ἀθ. καὶ φόβοι, Ἀριστ. Πρβλ. 30. 1.
