A.= θαρσύνω, embolden, encourage, A.Ag.222(lyr.); πλήθει τὴν ἀμαθίαν θρασύνοντες lending courage to their ignorance by number, Th.1.142.
2. c. acc., boast of, “τὴν ἰσηγορίαν” Plb.4.31.4.
II. Pass. and Med., aor. 1 inf. “θρασυνθῆναι” A.Supp.772; “ἐθρασυνάμην” Isoc.4.12, Ph.2.557:—to be bold, confident, take courage, A.Ag.1188, etc.; “οὐ . . ἀλόγως θρασυνόμεθα” Th.5.104; πρὶν ὅρμῳ ναῦν θρασυνθῆναι before the ship had got confidence in her moorings, A. Supp.l.c.; ἐπί τι make a bold bid for . . , Philostr.VS2.33.2; θ. τι πρός τινα carry out a coup de main against, Aen.Tact.9.1; more freq.,
2. in bad sense, to be over-bold, over-confident, S.Ph.1387, E.Hec.1183, Ar.Ra.846, D.18.136; ἀλόγως Polystr.p.30 W.; “ἐπί τινι” Ar.Ach. 330; “ᾐσχύνοντο ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἐθρασύναντο” Isoc.5.23; “πρός τι” Plu.2.794d, Luc.Apol.6; ἔκ τινων Polystr.p.22 W.: c. dat., “λαιμαργία ἀθεότητι θρασυνομένη” Plu.2.1125a.
