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θυμός 1 θύω2

the soul:
I.like Lat. anima, the soul, breath, life, θυμὸν ἀπαυρᾶν, ἀφελέσθαι, ἐξελέσθαι, ἐξαίνυσθαι, ὀλέσαι to take away life, Hom.; θυμὸν ἀποπνείειν to expire, Il.; θυμὸν ἀγείρειν to collect oneself, id=Il., etc.; θυμὸς τείρετο καμάτῳ his spirit was wearied by toil, id=Il.
II.like Lat. animus, the soul, heart; and so,
1.of desire for meat and drink, ἔπιον θ᾽ ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός id=Il.:—c. inf., βαλέειν δέ θυμὸς ἀνώγει his heart bade him shoot, id=Il.; ἤθελε θυμῷ he wished in his heart or with all his heart, id=Il.; θυμῷ βουλόμενος wishing with all one's heart, Hdt.; so, ἐκ θυμοῦ φιλέειν Il.:— θυμός ἐστί μοι, θ. γίγνεταί μοι, c. inf., I have a mind to do . . , id=Il., Xen., etc.:—also as the seat of sorrow or joy, χαῖρε δὲ θυμῷ Il.; ἄχνυτο θυμός id=Il., etc.
2.mind, temper, will, θ. πρόφρων, νηλεής, σιδήρεος Hom.; ἕνα θυμὸν ἔχειν to be of one mind, Il.; δόκησε δ᾽ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν it pleased them to be of this mind, Od.; ἐδαΐζετο θωμός their mind was divided, Il.
4.as the seat of anger, νεμεσίζεσθαι ἐνὶ θυμῷ id=Il.:—hence, anger, wrath, δάμασον θυμόν id=Il.; θυμὸς μέγας ἐστὶ βασιλῆος id=Il.
5.the soul as the agent of thought, ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θυμόν id=Il.; φράζετο θυμῷ id=Il.

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