ἀθῡμ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, lack of spirit, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 16;] Refs 5th c.BC+] faintheartedness, despondency, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 552] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. καθιστάναι or ἐμβάλλειν τινά[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 731a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.177; ἀ. παρέχειν τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.8; εἰς ἀ. καταστῆναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.3; ἐν πάσῃ ἀ. εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.24; ἀθυμίαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 237; ἀ. ἐμπίπτει τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.6: _plural_, ἀ. ἢ φόβοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 954a23.] Refs 5th c.BC+]