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.
- 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
-
to shrink
-
to shrink
Derived
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink from, to shrink back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)