ἀθυμέω

A. to be disheartened, despond, ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖς A. Pr. 474; οἴμ’ ὡς ἀθυμῶ S. Aj. 587; ἀ τινι. at or for a thing, Id. El. 769, etc.; ἐπί τινι Isoc. 4.3; εἴς τι Pl. Sph. 264b; πρὸς τὴν παροῦσαν ὄψιν Th. 2.88; τὴν τελευτήν Id. 5.91; τοῦτο, ὡς . . X. Oec. 8.21; ἕνεκά τινος Id. An. 5.4.19:—to be sore afraid lest, ἀθυμῶ δ’ εἰ φανήσομαι S. Tr. 666; δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ Id. OT 747.