A.rushing, impetuous, furious, Hom. (only in Il.), as epith. of Ares, 15.127,al. (of the planet Mars, Doroth. ap. Heph.Astr.1.1); “Τυφών” A.Pr.356, cf. Fr.199; “δόρυ” E.Rh.492; “ἀνὴρ Γαλάτης” Eleg.Alex.Adesp.2.14:—fem. θοῦρις , ι^δος, ἡ, epith. of ἀλκή, Od.4.527, Il.7.164, al.; θ. ἀσπίς, prob. the shield with which one rushes to the fight, 11.32; “αἰγίς” 15.308.
θοῦρος , ον, (θρῴσκω)