ἀθῡμ-έω,
to be disheartened, despond, ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 474; οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἀθυμῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 587] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ τινι. at or for a thing, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 769, etc.; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.3; εἴς τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b; πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ὄψιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.88; τὴν τελευτήν [prev. author] 5.91; τοῦτο, ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.21; ἕνεκά τινος [prev. author] “An.” 5.4.19] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be sore afraid lest, ἀθυμῶ δ᾽ εἰ φανήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 666; δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ [prev. author] “OT” 747.] Refs 5th c.BC+]