τολμητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τόλμα (tólma) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τολμητής • (tolmētḗsm (genitive τολμητοῦ); first declension

  1. bold, adventurous person

Declension

Quotations

  • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.70:
    αὖθις δὲ οἱ μὲν καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες
    aûthis dè hoi mèn kaì parà dúnamin tolmētaì kaì parà gnṓmēn kinduneutaì kaì en toîs deinoîs euélpides
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  • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.72
  • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 20.9.1
  • New Testament, Second Epistle of Peter 2:10b:
    τολμηταί, αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσι βλασφημοῦντες
    tolmētaí, authádeis, dóxas ou trémousi blasphēmoûntes
    • Translation by RSV
      Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones
  • 350 CE – 500 CE, Adamantius, Treatise on Physiognomy 2.5

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