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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

  • καὶ πέμπει ὕδωρ τε ἀρυσομένασ καὶ πρὸσ τὰ ἄλλα παιδεύει ἀόκνουσ εἶναι αὐτάσ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 1 1:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ πιστοὺσ ἡγεῖτο δεῖν εἶναι τούτουσ καὶ ἐπιστήμονασ τῶν στρατιωτικῶν καὶ συνετούσ, προσέτι δὲ καὶ σφοδροὺσ καὶ ταχεῖσ καὶ ἀόκνουσ καὶ ἀταράκτουσ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 37:3)

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