Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀκνέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκνέω

Structure: ὀκνέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: o)/knos

Sense

  1. to shrink, to scruple, hesitate, I shrink from, fear, I shrink from, hesitate
  2. to shrink, hesitate, hang back

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀκνῶ ὀκνεῖς ὀκνεῖ
Dual ὀκνεῖτον ὀκνεῖτον
Plural ὀκνοῦμεν ὀκνεῖτε ὀκνοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὀκνῶ ὀκνῇς ὀκνῇ
Dual ὀκνῆτον ὀκνῆτον
Plural ὀκνῶμεν ὀκνῆτε ὀκνῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ὀκνοῖμι ὀκνοῖς ὀκνοῖ
Dual ὀκνοῖτον ὀκνοίτην
Plural ὀκνοῖμεν ὀκνοῖτε ὀκνοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ό̓κνει ὀκνείτω
Dual ὀκνεῖτον ὀκνείτων
Plural ὀκνεῖτε ὀκνούντων, ὀκνείτωσαν
Infinitive ὀκνεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀκνων ὀκνουντος ὀκνουσα ὀκνουσης ὀκνουν ὀκνουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὀκνοῦμαι ὀκνεῖ, ὀκνῇ ὀκνεῖται
Dual ὀκνεῖσθον ὀκνεῖσθον
Plural ὀκνούμεθα ὀκνεῖσθε ὀκνοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὀκνῶμαι ὀκνῇ ὀκνῆται
Dual ὀκνῆσθον ὀκνῆσθον
Plural ὀκνώμεθα ὀκνῆσθε ὀκνῶνται
OptativeSingular ὀκνοίμην ὀκνοῖο ὀκνοῖτο
Dual ὀκνοῖσθον ὀκνοίσθην
Plural ὀκνοίμεθα ὀκνοῖσθε ὀκνοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ὀκνοῦ ὀκνείσθω
Dual ὀκνεῖσθον ὀκνείσθων
Plural ὀκνεῖσθε ὀκνείσθων, ὀκνείσθωσαν
Infinitive ὀκνεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὀκνουμενος ὀκνουμενου ὀκνουμενη ὀκνουμενης ὀκνουμενον ὀκνουμενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • χρὴ δὲ παρρησιαστὴν ὄντα μηδὲν ὀκνεῖν λέγειν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 3:3)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐδὲν ὀκνεῖν χρὴ λέγειν πρὸσ ἄνδρα σύνοικον καὶ φίλον δεσπότην γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ἔτι εἴποιμι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 18:8)
  • οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο ἑκατέρου αὐτῶν γνώρισμά ἐστιν, τὸ τοὺσ μὲν κόλακασ οὐκ ὀκνεῖν καὶ ψεύδεσθαι τοῦ χαρίσασθαι ἕνεκα τοῖσ ἐπαινουμένοισ, ἐξαίρειν δὲ τοὺσ ἐπαινοῦντασ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πειρᾶσθαι ἀλλὰ κἀκείνῳ οὐ μικρῷ διαλλάττουσιν, ὅτι οἱ μὲν κόλακεσ, ἐφ’ ὅσον οἱο͂́ν τε αὐτοῖσ, χρῶνται ταῖσ ὑπερβολαῖσ, οἱ ἐπαινοῦντεσ δὲ καὶ ἐν αὐταῖσ ταύταισ σωφρονοῦσιν καὶ ἐντὸσ τῶν ὁρ́ων μένουσιν. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 21:1)
  • ἀλλὰ δύνανται γὰρ πάντα οἱ θεοί, καὶ τὰ μέγιστα εἶναι δοκοῦντα, καὶ ὁ νόμοσ τῆσ εὐχῆσ ὃν Τιμόλαοσ ἔθηκε φήσασ μηδὲν ὀκνεῖν αἰτεῖν, ὡσ ἐκείνων πρὸσ οὐδὲν ἀνανευόντων· (Lucian, 48:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐκ ὀκνεῖν δεῖ· (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. to shrink

  2. to shrink

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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