θαρσ-έω,
Attic dialect θαρρέω (compare proper name Θαρρίας [[ “IG” 12.847), _Aeolic dialect_ ] Refs]participle θέρσεισα (variant{θαρσ-}) [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.3 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (θάρσος):—to be of good courage, τεθαρσήκασι λαοί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.420, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄνευ νοῦ, σὺν νῷ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 88b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in bad sense, to be over-bold, ὕβρει θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65: μάτην θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 189d:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — Constr.:
__1 absolutely, Il.[same place], etc.; θάρσει fear not! [[ 4.184, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732, etc.; θαρσεῖτε [prev. work] 600, 910 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάρσει, θυμέ [[ 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 14; θάρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 328, +others:—in Epitaphs, θάρσει.. οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5200b (from Ptolemais), etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle in an adverbial sense, θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέ with good courage, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.85, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 666; κόμπασον θαρσῶν [prev. author] “Ag.” 1671, compare “Pr.” 916, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 491; θαρσέοντες πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζετε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49; πῖθι θαρρῶν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 232; λέγε τοίνυν θαρρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 243e; θαρρῶν πλείονα ἔθυεν ἢ ὀκνῶν ηὔχετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ τεθαρρηκός confidence, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 26; τὸ θαρροῦν τῆς ὄψεως [prev. author] “Cat.Mi.” 44 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: in aorist, pluck up courage, καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.92. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]