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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰers-. Cognates include Sanskrit धृष्णोति (dhṛṣṇóti), Czech drzý and Lithuanian drąsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰrá.sos/ → /ˈθra.sos/ → /ˈθra.sos/
Noun
θρᾰ́σος • (thrắsos) n (genitive θρᾰ́σεος or θρᾰ́σους); third declension
- confidence, courage, boldness
- rashness, impudence, audacity
Inflection
Descendants
- θράσος n (thrásos, “audacity”)
References
- “θράσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θράσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θράσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θράσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θράσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θράσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ardour idem, page 39.
- assertion idem, page 45.
- audacity idem, page 52.
- bluffness idem, page 86.
- boldness idem, page 88.
- bravery idem, page 94.
- confidence idem, page 158.
- courage idem, page 178.
- dasing idem, page 196.
- effrontery idem, page 263.
- encouragement idem, page 271.
- forwardness idem, page 340.
- hardihood idem, page 385.
- immodesty idem, page 418.
- impudence idem, page 425.
- incautiousness idem, page 427.
- insolence idem, page 445.
- nerve idem, page 556.
- pertness idem, page 609.
- petulance idem, page 609.
- presumption idem, page 638.
- presumptuousness idem, page 638.
- push idem, page 660.
- rashness idem, page 673.
- recklessness idem, page 679.
- reliance idem, page 691.
- resolution idem, page 702.
- self-confidence idem, page 750.
- self-reliance idem, page 751.
- shamelessness idem, page 761.
- temerity idem, page 859.
- trust idem, page 899.
- unscrupulousness idem, page 931.
- venturesomeness idem, page 948.
Greek
Noun
θράσος • (thrásos) n (uncountable)
- effrontery, audacity
- cheek, impudence
Declension
Declension of θράσος
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singular
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nominative
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θράσος (thrásos)
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genitive
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θράσους (thrásous)
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accusative
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θράσος (thrásos)
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vocative
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θράσος (thrásos)
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Synonyms
- θρασύς (thrasýs, “cheeky, impudent”, adjective)