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ὀκνηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκνηρός ὀκνηρή ὀκνηρόν

Structure: ὀκνηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/knos

Sense

  1. shrinking, hesitating, backward, unready, timid
  2. causing fear, vexatious, troublesome

Examples

  • Ἴθι πρὸσ τὸν μύρμηκα, ὦ ὀκνηρέ, καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰσ ὁδοὺσ αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτεροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:6)
  • ἕωσ τίνοσ, ὀκνηρέ, κατάκεισαι̣ πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:12)
  • ἀποκριθεὶσ δὲ ὁ κύριοσ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Πονηρὲ δοῦλε καὶ ὀκνηρέ, ᾔδεισ ὅτι θερίζω ὅπου οὐκ ἔσπειρα καὶ συνάγω ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισα; (, chapter 24 79:1)

Synonyms

  1. causing fear

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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