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καταθαρσ-έω , later Att. καταθαρσ-θαρρέω ,
A.to be confident, in pf. part., Plb. 1.40.3; κ. τοῖς ὅλοις looking forward confidently to a complete victory, Id.3.86.8; “κατεθάρσησεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις” LXX 2 Ch.32.8: c. inf., make bold to . . , “παρεπιδείκνυσθαι δημοσίᾳ τὸ ἀνοσιούργημα” Ph.2.220; “τοῖς ὕδασι παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτούς” Agath.3.20.
2. c. gen., behave boldly against, “τῆς τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν δυνάμεως” D.S.15.34; “Χώρας” Str. 12.8.6.
3. Pass., to be confirmed, Cod.Just.9.4.6.5.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 15.34
    • Old Testament, 2 Chronicles, 32.8
    • Strabo, Geography, 12.8.6
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.40.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.86.8
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