ὀκνέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὀκνέω
Structure:
ὀκνέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to shrink, to scruple, hesitate, I shrink from, fear, I shrink from, hesitate
- to shrink, hesitate, hang back
Conjugation
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.
- οὐκ ὀκνεῖ δ’ ἀνὴρ οὗτοσ, καθάπερ καὶ ὁ καλὸσ Μάγνοσ, καὶ ὑπερορίουσ ἀποδημίασ ποιεῖσθαι τῆσ γαστρὸσ χάριν, ὡσ ὁ αὐτὸσ Ἄλεξισ εἴρηκεν ἐν Συναποθνῄσκουσιν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰσ Κόρινθον ἐλθὼν Χαιρεφῶν ἄκλητοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 58 3:1)
- τοὐμὸν οὐκ ὀκνεῖ κέαρ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 3:19)
- εἴ τισ ἀπάγξασθαι μὲν ὀκνεῖ, θανάτου δ’ ἐπιθυμεῖ, ἐξ Ιἑρᾶσ Πόλεωσ ψυχρὸν ὕδωρ πιέτω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3921)
- ἡ βοῦσ ἐξ ἀρότου νέον ἤλυθε, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὀκνεῖ, κοὐκ ἐθέλει βῆμ’ ἐπίπροσθεν ἄγειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7221)
- εἰ δὲ τοῦτο φεύξονται καὶ μὴ ’θελήσουσι ποιεῖν, σκοπεῖτ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, εἰ καλῶσ ὑμῖν ἔχει, ἃ τούτων ἕκαστοσ ὀκνεῖ τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ ἀφαιρούμενοσ ὀφθῆναι, ταῦθ’ ὑμᾶσ τοὺσ εὐεργέτασ ἀφῃρημένουσ φαίνεσθαι, καὶ τοὺσ εὖ τι πεποιηκότασ ὑμᾶσ, οἷσ οὐδεὶσ ἂν ἐγκαλέσαι, νόμῳ τὰ δοθέντ’ ἀπολωλεκέναι δι’ ὑμῶν ἁθρόουσ, παρόν, εἴ τισ ἄρ’ ἐστὶν ἀνάξιοσ, εἷσ ἢ δύ’ ἢ πλείουσ, γραφῇ διὰ τούτων ταὐτὸ τοῦτο παθεῖν κατ’ ἄνδρα κριθέντασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 184:1)
- μὴ ὄκνει ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ἄρρωστον, ἐκ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων ἀγαπηθήσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:35)
- μὴ τοίνυν ὄκνει λέγειν αὐτήν, εἴπερ οἶσθα. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 3:12)
- Ἀλλὰ μὴ ὄκνει, ὦ γενναῖε, πρόσ γε μόνον ἐμὲ λέγων. (Lucian, 17:7)
Synonyms
-
to shrink
-
to shrink
Derived
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink from, to shrink back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)