θαρσύνω

tharsyno

encourage, embolden

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θαρσύνω [ῡ], Att. θαρρύνω, causal of θαρσέω, A. encourage, embolden, θάρσυνον (aor. imper.) δέ οἱ ἦτορ Il. 16.242; θαρσύνεσκε παριστάμενος ἐπέεσσιν 4.233; θ. μύθῳ 10.190; θ. λόγοις, opp. φοβεῖν, A. Pers. 216 (troch.); ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ X. Cyr. 6.3.27, cf.Hdt. 2.141, Th. 2.59, etc. II. intr.,= θαρσέω, ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλη, θάρσυνε S. El. 916.—Cf. θρασύνω.
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