τολμάω
I. "to undertake, take heart" either "to do or bear" anything terrible or difficult, Hom., etc.:—absol. "to hold out, endure, be patient, submit", id=Hom., attic:—c. acc. rei, "to endure, undergo", Theogn., Eur.
II. c. inf. "to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty", or "the grace, patience, to do" a thing in spite of any natural feeling, "to venture, dare to do", Hom., attic
2. sometimes c. part., ἐτόλμα βαλλόμενος "he submitted to be" struck, Od.; τόλμα ἐρῶσα Eur.
3. c. acc., τολμᾶν πόλεμον "to undertake, venture on" it, Od.; τοιαῦτα, πάντα τ. Trag.; also, τ. τὰ βέλτιστα Thuc.: Pass., οἷ᾽ ἐτολμήθη πατήρ such things as my father "had dared" (or "done) against him", Eur.