ὀκνέω?
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration: okneō
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 μεθ᾿ 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
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink back, hesitate)
- ἀνειλέω (to shrink up or back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)
- ἀναδύνω (to draw back, retire, to shrink back)
Derived
- ἀποκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink from, to shrink back)
- κατοκνέω (to shrink from, to shrink back)
