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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

  • ἃ δὲ τῶν νυκτῶν ἐποίει καὶ ἔπασχεν, ὀκνῶ λέγειν πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐθεασάμην γε πολλὰ καὶ ἄρρητα καὶ πᾶσαν ὕβριν ὑπερπεπαικότα. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 27:17)
  • ἐὰν νοσῇσ αὐτόσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμελῶ ἐὰν τῶν κατ’ οἶκον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι κελεύῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγωρῶ ἐὰν τὰ κατ’ ἀγρὸν ἐπισκοπεῖν προστάττῃσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀκνῶ πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εὐλόγουσ ἔχει τὰσ προφάσεισ καὶ τὰσ μέμψεισ πατρικάσ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 22:7)
  • οὐκ ὀκνῶ δέ σοι καὶ διηγήσασθαι ὅ μοι Θεσμόπολισ οὗτοσ ὁ Στωϊκὸσ διηγήσατο συμβὰν αὐτῷ πάνυ γελοῖον καὶ νὴ Δί’ οὐκ ἀνέλπιστον ὡσ ἂν καὶ ἄλλῳ ταὐτὸν συμβαίη. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 33:1)
  • εἰ δ’ ὑμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ δοκιμαστὰσ καὶ ἐξεταστὰσ ἐπιστήσετε τοῖσ ἀναθήμασιν, ὀκνῶ μὴ ἀπορήσωμεν τῶν δοκιμασθησομένων ἔτι, οὐδενὸσ ὑπομένοντοσ ὑπόδικον αὑτὸν καθιστάναι, καὶ ἀναλίσκοντα καὶ καταδαπανῶντα παρ’ αὑτοῦ κρίνεσθαι καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων κινδυνεύειν. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 2 13:1)
  • Κἀγὼ ταῦτα, ὦ Κρόνε, οὐ παῤ ἐμαυτοῦ φημι, ἀλλ̓ Ἡσίοδοσ καὶ Ὅμηροσ, ὀκνῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἅπαντεσ ἄνθρωποι σχεδὸν ταῦτα πεπιστεύκασ1· (Lucian, Saturnalia, 5:4)
  • καὶ μὴν τὰ Θησέωσ γ’ οὐκ ὄκνῳ διεφθάρη, ἀλλ’ ἱέτ’ εὐθὺσ λάμπρ’ ἀναρπάσασ ὅπλα· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:11)

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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