τόλμ-ᾰ, ης, ἡ,
also τόλμη, which [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.114 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus compares with πρύμνη for πρύμνα] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but (apart from πρὸς τόλμην πεσεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 11 (Papyrus), which is not guaranteed by the metre) only the form τόλμᾰ (_accusative_ τόλμᾰν, e. g. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 862)] Refs 5th c.BC+] occurs in Attic dialect and Trag., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 702, “Ion” 1264, “fragment” 426 (in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1416, ἥ γε τόλμα σου (conjecture Jodrell) is the probable reading), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, 6.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 193d, “R.” 575a, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.144, “POxy.” 1119.8 (3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Ionic dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.135 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τόλμη (nominative) in [[ Clitarchus Gnomologus 35J., _accusative_ τόλμην LXX.Jdt.16.10(12) codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]: Doric dialect τόλμᾱ, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.82, 13.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—courage, hardihood, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same places], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ζ, Trag. and _Attic dialect_ (see. above)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόλμα καλῶν courage for noble acts, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.59 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶνδε τόλμαν σχεθεῖν to have courage or nerve for this business, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in bad sense, over-boldness, recklessness, [[ [prev. author] “Ch.” 1004 (996); πῶς οὖν.. ἐς τόδ᾽ ἂν τόλμης ἔβ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 125, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1264, etc.; τόλμης ἔργα κἀναισχυντίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 702; τ. ἀλόγιστος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, compare 6.59; τ. καὶ ἀναίδεια 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.5, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.46; θρασύτης καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 197b; τ. καὶ ἀναισχυντία [prev. author] “Ap.” 38d; ἡ ἄφρων τ. [prev. author] “La.” 193d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]