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)
- χρὴ δὲ παρρησιαστὴν ὄντα μηδὲν ὀκνεῖν λέγειν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 3:3)
- τί ὀκνεῖσ καὶ τοῦτο ἐπινεύειν; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 5:13)
- 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)
- οὐ τὸν ἀοιδῶν ἔσχατον, ἀλλ’ ὀκνέω μὴ τὸ μελιχρότατον τῶν ἐπέων ὁ Σολεὺσ ἀπεμάξατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5072)
Synonyms
-
to shrink
-
to shrink
Derived
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink from, to shrink back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)