θάρσος,
Attic dialect θάρρος,
Aeolic dialect θέρσος (which see), εος, τό, (θρασύς)
courage, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. τινός
courage to do a thing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
genitive,
courage against. , πολεμίων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἴσχε take
courage! [
NT+8th c.BC+]; τῷ δ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷ θῆκε. θ[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρασχεῖν, ἐμποιεῖν τινι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἐγγίγνεται, ἐμπίπτει τινί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
that which gives courage, ὀλολυγμόν, θάρσος φίλοις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
grounds of confidence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) rarely in bad sense, ={θράσος},
audacity, θάρσος ἄητον ἔχουσα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκεν the
reckless persistence of a fly, [
Refs].—On the different of θάρσος and θράσος, see at {θράσος}.