ἄθυμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fainthearted]], [[spiritless]], once in Hom., ἀσκελέες καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Od.10.463</span>; κακὸς καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.11</span>; οὐ τοῖς ἀ. ἡ τύχη ξυλλαμβάνει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 927</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>319</span>; of nations, opp. [[ἔνθυμος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1327b28</span>: Comp. -ότερος <span class="bibl">Men.405.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. εἶναι πρός τι</b> to have [[little heart]] for it, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.9</span>. Adv. ἀθύμως, ἔχειν πρός τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.58</span>; ἀθύμως διάγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.24</span>; <b class="b3">ἀθύμως πονεῖν</b> to work [[without spirit]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span> 21.5</span>; <b class="b3">ὁδοὺς ἀ. τιθέντες</b> [[discouraging]] their marches, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>770</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[without anger]] or [[passion]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>411b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>888a</span>.</span>