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|Definition=θρασεῖα, θρασύ, fem. [[θρασέα]], metri gr., Philem.20 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bold]], chiefly of persons, Il.8.89, etc.; also θ. πόλεμος 6.254, 10.28, Od.4.146; θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν 5.434, Il.17.662, al.; θ. καρδία Pi.''P.''10.44; πούς Ar.''Ra.''330(lyr.); ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ ἔργῳ θρασύς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.49; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐλπὶς θρασεῖα τοῦ μέλλοντος</b> [[full of confidence]], Th.7.77; θρασὺς τὸ ἦθος Arist.''Pol.''1315a11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> more freq. in bad sense, [[over-bold]], [[rash]], σὺν δ' ὁ θ. εἵπετ' Ὀδυσσεύς Od.10.436 (Sch. [[προπετής]]); Γοργόνες Pi.''P.''12.7; [[audacious]], [[arrogant]], [[insolent]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''180 (lyr.), Ar.''Nu.''445 (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">Ἄρης… πρὸς ἀλλήλους θ.</b>, of civil war, A.''Eu.''863; <b class="b3">γλώσσῃ θ.</b> [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1142; ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Id.''Ph.''1307; ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 32; <b class="b3">ἀνομίᾳ θ.</b> E.''IT'' 275; <b class="b3">πονηρὸς εἶ καὶ θ.</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''181; θρασεῖς καὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ὑβρισταί [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 630b; ἀλαζὼν ὁ θ. καὶ προσποιητικὸς ἀνδρείας [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1115b29; [ὅμοιόν τι ἔχει] ὁ θ. τῷ θαρραλέῳ ib.1151b7; <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ θ.</b> modesty, A.''Supp.''197: Comp. -ύτερος Pl.''La.''184b, Phld.''Lib.''p.61 O.: Sup. -ύτατος Isoc.12.133, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, to [[be ventured]], c. inf., <b class="b3">θρασύ μοι τόδ' εἰπεῖν</b> this I am [[bold]] to say, Pi.''N.''7.50; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἆρ' ἐκείνῳ γ' οὐδὲ προσμεῖξαι θρασύ</b>; S.''Ph.''106.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[θρασέως]] Ar.''V.''1031, etc.: Aeol. [[θροσέως]] Jo.Gramm. ''Comp.''2.1: Comp. [[θρασύτερον]] [[too boldly]], Th.8.103; θρασυτέρως Phalar.''Ep.''34: Sup. θρασύτατα Th.8.84 and (with [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[θρασυτάτως]]) D.S.17.44: neut. as adverb, ἀναιδὲς καὶ θρασὺ βλέπειν Cratin.24 D. (I.-E. dhers- in [[θέρσος]] (older than [[θάρσος]] and [[θράσος]]), dhṛs- in [[θρασύς]], Skt. dhṛṣṇú- 'bold', cf. Engl. [[dare]], [[durst]].)