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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[λῶ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[will]], [[desire]], [[purpose]], Epich.182 (prob.l.): concrete, <b class="b3">λῆμα Κορωνίδος</b> [[wilful]] [[Coronis]], Pi.''P.''3.25; <b class="b3">μητρῷον λῆμα</b> thy [[proud]] [[mother]], S.''El.''1427; <b class="b3">λήματος κάκη</b> [[weakness]] of [[will]], [[cowardice]], A.''Th.''616; ἥκιστα τοὐμὸν λ. ἔφυ τυραννικόν E.''Med.''348; ἐς τὸ [[κέρδος]] λ. ἔχων ἀνειμένον Id.''Heracl.''3, cf. 199, ''Alc.''981 (lyr.), ''Ba.''1000 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[temper of mind]], [[spirit]], either,<br><span class="bld">1</span> in good sense, [[courage]], [[resolution]], [[εὔτολμος|εὔτολμον]] ψυχῆς λ. Simon.140; [[γενναῖος|γενναῖον]] λ. Pi.''P.'' 8.45, cf. ''N.''1.57; <b class="b3">αἴθων λῆμα</b> = [[fiery]] [[in courage]], A.''Th.''448; δύο λήμασιν ἴσους Ἀτρεΐδας Id.''Ag.''122 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τοξουλκῷ λήματι πιστοί</b> relying on their [[archer]] [[spirit]], Id.''Pers.''55 (anap.); [[ἀρείφατος|ἀρείφατον]] λ. Id.''Fr.''147; πέτρας τὸ λ. κἀδάμαντος E.''Cyc.''596; λ. οὐκ [[ἄτολμος|ἄτολμον]] Ar.''Nu.''457 (lyr.); καθ' Ἡρακλέα… τὸ λ. ἔχων Id.''Ra.''463; or,<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[insolence]], [[arrogance]], [[audacity]], ὅσον λ. ἔχων ἀφίκου S.''OC''877 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὦ λῆμ' ἀναιδές</b> ib.960; δῆλον… τἀνθρώπου' στι τὸ λῆμα Ar.''Nu.''1350 (lyr.).—Poet. word, also used in Ion. Prose, in signf. [[spirit]], [[courage]], ἔργα χειρῶν τε καὶ λήματος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.72; <b class="b3">λήματος πλέος</b> ib.''III'', cf. 7.99, 9.62: and in late Prose, as D.S.2.58 (pl.), J.''BJ''3.10.4, Luc.''Dem.Enc.''50, etc.; defined by Andronic.''Pass.''p.575 M.