θῦμός

English (Autenrieth)

(θύω): heart, soul, life, the seat of emotion, reason, and of the vital principle itself; an extremely common and highly characteristic word in Homer, often employed where no equivalent is called for in modern speech. Of life, θῦμὸν ἀφελέσθαι, ὀλέσαι, θῦμὸν ἀποπνείειν, ἐγείρειν, θῦμὸν ἀπὸ μελέων δῦναι δόμον Ἄιδος εἴσω, Il. 7.131; emotion, χόλος ἔμπεσε θῦμῷ, θῦμὸν ὀρίνειν, ἐκ θῦμοῦ φιλέειν, θῦμῷ χαίρειν, ἀπὸ θῦμοῦ | μᾶλλον ἐμοὶ ἔσεαι, ‘further from my heart,’ Il. 1.562; desire, appetite, πλήσασθαι, τέρπειν θῦμόν, θῦμὸς ἀνώγει, κέλεται, κατὰ θῦμόν, ‘to one's wish,’ Il. 1.136; thoughts, disposition, θῦμὸν πείθειν, φράζεσθαι θῦμῷ, ἕνα θῦμὸν ἔχειν, ἐν θυμῷ βαλέσθαι, ‘lay to heart’; κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θῦμόν, ‘in mind and soul.’