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ἄοκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄοκνος ἄοκνον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + οκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. resolute, without hesitation, industrious

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • α ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνοσ ᾖσ, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητόσ σου, ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ κακὸσ δρομεὺσ ἀπαυτομολήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:15)
  • πὰρ δ’ ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην ὡρ́ῃ χειμερίῃ, ὁπότε κρύοσ ἀνέρα ἔργων ἰσχάνει, ἔνθα κ’ ἀόκνοσ ἀνὴρ μέγα οἶκον ὀφέλλοι, μή σε κακοῦ χειμῶνοσ ἀμηχανίη καταμάρψῃ σὺν πενίῃ, λεπτῇ δὲ παχὺν πόδα χειρὶ πιέζῃσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 56:1)
  • οὕτω φιλοθεάμων σύ γε καὶ ἀόκνοσ τὰ τοιαῦτα. (Lucian, 2:2)
  • ὅτι δ’ ἡ χάρισ καὶ ἡ χρεία τῇ φιλίᾳ παρέπεται καθ’ ὃ δὴ καὶ λέγεται πυρὸσ καὶ ὕδατοσ ὁ φίλοσ ἀναγκαιότεροσ εἶναι, διὰ τοῦτ’ ἐμβάλλων εἰσ τὰσ ὑπουργίασ ἑαυτὸν ὁ κόλαξ ἁμιλλᾶται σπουδαστικὸσ ἀεὶ φαίνεσθαι καὶ ἀόκνοσ καὶ πρόθυμοσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 5 2:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐν ταύταισ πολλὴν ἀπεργάζεται σύγχυσιν καὶ ἀσάφειαν ὁ κόλαξ τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν φίλον διαφορᾶσ, ἀόκνοσ δοκῶν εἶναι καὶ πρόθυμοσ ἐν πᾶσι καὶ ἀπροφάσιστοσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 212)

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