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θαρσ-έω , Att. θαρρέω (cf. pr. n.
A.“Θαρρίας” IG12.847), Aeol. part. θέρσεισα (v.l. θαρσ-) Theoc.28.3: (θάρσος):—to be of good courage, “τεθαρσήκασι λαοί” Il.9.420, etc.; ἄνευ νοῦ, σὺν νῷ, Pl.Men.88b; in bad sense, to be over-bold, ὕβρει θ. Th.2.65: μάτην θ. Pl.Tht.189d:— Constr.:
1. abs., Il.l.c., etc.; “θάρσει” fear not! 4.184, A.Supp.732, etc.; θαρσεῖτε ib.600,910; “θάρσει, θυμέ” Sopat.14; “θάρρει” Ar.Pl.328, al.:—in Epitaphs, “θάρσει . . οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος” CIG5200b (Ptolemais), etc.: part. in an adverb. sense, θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέ with good courage, Il.1.85, cf. A.Ch.666; “κόμπασον θαρσῶν” Id.Ag.1671, cf. Pr.916, S.OC 491; “θαρσέοντες πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζετε” Hdt.5.49; “πῖθι θαρρῶν” Alex. 232; “λέγε τοίνυν θαρρῶν” Pl.Phdr.243e; “θαρρῶν πλείονα ἔθυεν ἢ ὀκνῶν ηὔχετο” X.Ages.11.2; τὸ τεθαρρηκός confidence, Plu.Fab.26; “τὸ θαρροῦν τῆς ὄψεως” Id.Cat.Mi.44: in aor., pluck up courage, “καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε” Il.1.92.
2. c.acc., θάρσει τόνδε γ᾽ ἄεθλον fear not about this contest, Od.8.197; later, feelconfidence against, have no fear of, “πάντα” Hdt.7.50; “θ. γέροντος χεῖρα” E.Andr.993, cf. S.OC649; “θάνατον” Pl.Phd.88b; “τὸ τοιοῦτον σῶμα . . οἱ μὲν ἐχθροὶ θαρροῦσιν . . ” Id.Phdr.239d; “θ. τὸ ἀποκρίνασθαι” Id.Euthd.275c; “οὔτε Φίλιππος ἐθάρρει τούτους οὔτε οὗτοι Φίλιππον” D.3.7; “χωρίον” Philostr.Her.1.3: c.acc. cogn., ἠλίθιον θάρρος θ. Pl.Phd.95c; αἰσχρὰ θάρρη θ. Id.Prt.360b; “ταὐτά τισι θ. καὶ φοβεῖσθαι” X.HG2.4.9; venture, “θ. τὰς μάχας” Id.An.3.2.20:—Pass., to be risked, Philostr.Im.1.17.
b. c. acc. pers., also, to have confidence in, τινα X.Cyr.5.5.42, D.C.51.11.
c. θ. τινί τι entrust to . . , Marin.Procl. 9.
3. c. dat., have confidence in, “τεθαρσηκότες τοῖσι ὄρνισι” Hdt.3.76; “ἑαυτῷ” Plu.2.69c (s.v.l.); “τοῖς χρήμασι” PGoodsp.Cair.15.19 (iv A.D.).
4. with Preps., θ. περί . . to be confident about . . , S.Aj. 793, Pl.R.574b; ὑπὲρ ἑαυτῶν ib.566b; “διά τι” Isoc.3.55; “ἐπί τινι” Id.6.60; “πρός τι” Pl.Prt.350b; πρὸς ἐμαυτόν in myself, Ar.Ec.1060.
5. c. inf., believe confidently that . . , S.Ant.668; also “θ. ὅτι . . ” Th.1.81, etc.; “θ. τὸ ἐξελέγξειν” D.19.3.
b. c. inf., make bold, venture,X.Cyr. 8.8.6, Plu.Per.22, Ant.Lib.19.2.
II. trans., inspire with confidence, [“λόγοι] οἵ με θαρσοῖεν” J.AJ19.1.9.
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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