θυμός
Alt. θυ_μός, ὁ,
Etym. θύω2
"the soul":
I. like Lat. anima, the soul, breath, life, θυμὸν ἀπαυρᾶν, ἀφελέσθαι, ἐξελέσθαι, ἐξαίνυσθαι, ὀλέσαι "to take away life", Hom.; θυμὸν ἀποπνείειν to expire, Il.; θυμὸν ἀγείρειν to collect oneself, id=Il., etc.; θυμὸς τείρετο καμάτῳ "his spirit" was wearied by toil, id=Il.
II. like Lat. animus, the soul, heart; and so,
1. of desire for meat and drink, ἔπιον θ᾽ ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός id=Il.:—c. inf., βαλέειν δέ ἑ θυμὸς ἀνώγει his "heart" bade him shoot, id=Il.; ἤθελε θυμῷ he wished "in his heart or with all his heart", id=Il.; θυμῷ βουλόμενος wishing "with all one's heart", Hdt.; so, ἐκ θυμοῦ φιλέειν Il.:— θυμός ἐστί μοι, θ. γίγνεταί μοι, c. inf., I have "a mind" to do.., id=Il., Xen., etc.:—also as the seat of "sorrow or joy", χαῖρε δὲ θυμῷ Il.; ἄχνυτο θυμός id=Il., etc.
2. "mind, temper, will", θ. πρόφρων, νηλεής, σιδήρεος Hom.; ἕνα θυμὸν ἔχειν to be of one "mind", Il.; δόκησε δ᾽ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν it pleased them to be of this "mind", Od.; ἐδαΐζετο θωμός their "mind" was divided, Il.
3. "spirit, courage", μένος καὶ θυμός id=Il.; θυμὸν λαμβάνειν to take "heart", Od.; παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός Il., etc.
4. "as the seat of anger", νεμεσίζεσθαι ἐνὶ θυμῷ id=Il.:—hence, "anger, wrath", δάμασον θυμόν id=Il.; θυμὸς μέγας ἐστὶ βασιλῆος id=Il.
5. "the soul as the agent of thought", ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θυμόν id=Il.; φράζετο θυμῷ id=Il.