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.
- τότε καλέσασ τοὺσ δύο κρυπτῶσ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ. εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ αὐτῷ ἐξομολογεῖσθε καὶ μεγαλωσύνην δίδοτε αὐτῷ καὶ ἐξολογεῖσθε αὐτῷ ἐνώπιον πάντων τῶν ζώντων, περὶ ὧν ἐποίησε μεθ̓ ὑμῶν. ἀγαθὸν τὸ εὐλογεῖν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ὑψοῦν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, τοὺσ λόγουσ τῶν ἔργων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντίμωσ ὑποδεικνύοντεσ, καὶ μὴ ὀκνεῖτε ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 12:6)
- ἄνδρεσ χθονὸσ τῆσδ’ εὐγενεῖσ οἰκήτορεσ, ὁρῶ τιν’ ὑμᾶσ ὀμμάτων εἰληφότασ φόβον νεώρη τῆσ ἐμῆσ ἐπεισόδου, ὃν μήτ’ ὀκνεῖτε μήτ’ ἀφῆτ’ ἔποσ κακόν. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode7)
- καὶ ὅσα ἂν ἐρωτῶ, μὴ ὀκνεῖτε ἀποκρίνεσθαι, ἵνα εἰδῶμεν ὅσα ἂν συνομολογῶμεν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 57:5)
- εἰ δὲ Ιὠνία τε πρὸσ ἡμῶν διὰ τούσδε τοὺσ πόνουσ ἔχεται καὶ Ἑλλήσποντοσ καὶ Φρύγεσ ἀμφότεροι καὶ Καππαδόκαι καὶ Παφλαγόνεσ καὶ Λυδοὶ καὶ Κᾶρεσ καὶ Λύκιοι καὶ Παμφυλία δὲ καὶ Φοινίκη καὶ Αἴγυπτοσ ξὺν τῇ Λιβύῃ τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ καὶ Ἀραβίασ ἔστιν ἃ καὶ Συρία ἥ τε κοίλη καὶ ἡ μέση τῶν ποταμῶν, καὶ Βαβυλὼν δὲ ἔχεται καὶ τὸ Σουσίων ἔθνοσ καὶ Πέρσαι καὶ Μῆδοι καὶ ὅσων Πέρσαι καὶ Μῆδοι ἐπῆρχον, καὶ ὅσων δὲ οὐκ ἦρχον, τὰ ὑπὲρ τὰσ Κασπίασ πύλασ, τὰ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Καυκάσου, ὁ Τάναϊσ, τὰ πρόσω ἔτι τοῦ Τανάϊδοσ, Βακτριανοί, Ὑρκάνιοι, ἡ θάλασσα ἡ Ὑρκανία, Σκύθασ τε ἀνεστείλαμεν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν ἔρημον, ἐπὶ τούτοισ μέντοι καὶ ὁ Ἰνδὸσ ποταμὸσ διὰ τῆσ ἡμετέρασ ῥεῖ, ὁ Ὑδάσπησ διὰ τῆσ ἡμετέρασ, ὁ Ἀκεσίνησ, ὁ Ὑδραώτησ, τί ὀκνεῖτε καὶ τὸν Ὕφασιν καὶ τὰ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Ὑφάσιοσ γένη προσθεῖναι τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ Μακεδόνων τε ἀρχῇ; (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 25 4:1)
- τὸ δέοσ ὑμᾶσ, ὦ δημόται, τὸ τῶν πατρικίων ἐντετηκὸσ ἔτι ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ἐκπλήσσειν ἐοίκε, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τεταπεινωμένοι φέρειν τοὺσ λόγουσ εἰσ μέσον, οἷσ εἰώθατε χρῆσθαι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, ὀκνεῖτε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 72 3:1)
Synonyms
-
to shrink
-
to shrink
Derived
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink from, to shrink back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)