θρᾰσύνω,
(θρασύς) ={θαρσύνω}, embolden, encourage, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 222 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πλήθει τὴν ἀμαθίαν θρασύνοντες lending courage to their ignorance by number, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, boast of, τὴν ἰσηγορίαν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.31.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II passive and middle, aorist 1 infinitive θρασυνθῆναι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 772; ἐθρασυνάμην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.12, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.557 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be bold, confident, take courage, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1188, etc.; οὐ.. ἀλόγως θρασυνόμεθα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι before the ship had got confidence in her moorings, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” ] Refs 4th c.BC+][same place]; ἐπί τι make a bold bid for.., [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.33.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θ. τι πρός τινα carry out a coup de main against, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 9.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; more frequently,
__II.2 in bad sense, to be over-bold, over-confident, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1387, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1183, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 846, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλόγως Polystr.p.30 W.; ἐπί τινι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 330; ᾐσχύνοντο ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἐθρασύναντο 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.23; πρός τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.794d, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 6; ἔκ τινων Polystr. p.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] W.: with dative, λαιμαργία ἀθεότητι θρασυνομένη [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1125a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]