θράσος

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/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrá.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰra.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.sos/

Noun

θρᾰ́σος • (thrásos) n (genitive θρᾰ́σεος or θρᾰ́σους); third declension

1. confidence, courage, boldness
2. rashness, impudence, audacity

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θρᾰ́σος; τοῦ θρᾰ́σους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θρᾰ́σος tò thrásos	τὼ θρᾰ́σει tṑ thrásei	τᾰ̀ θρᾰ́ση tà thrásē
Genitive	τοῦ θρᾰ́σους toû thrásous	τοῖν θρᾰσοῖν toîn thrasoîn	τῶν θρᾰσῶν tôn thrasôn
Dative	τῷ θρᾰ́σει tôi thrásei	τοῖν θρᾰσοῖν toîn thrasoîn	τοῖς θρᾰ́σεσῐ / θρᾰ́σεσῐν toîs thrásesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θρᾰ́σος tò thrásos	τὼ θρᾰ́σει tṑ thrásei	τᾰ̀ θρᾰ́ση tà thrásē
Vocative	θρᾰ́σος thrásos	θρᾰ́σει thrásei	θρᾰ́ση thrásē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θάρσος (thársos)
• θέρσος (thérsos)
• θρασύς (thrasús)

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^[1], 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)

1. effrontery, audacity
2. cheek, impudence

Declension

  θράσος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	θράσος •
genitive	θράσους •
accusative	θράσος •
vocative	θράσος •

Synonyms

• τόλμη f (tólmi)

Related terms

• θρασύς (thrasýs, “cheeky, impudent”, adj)