ὀκνέω
okneo
shrink from
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀκνέω, Ep. ὀκνείω Il. 5.255 : impf. ὤκνεον 20.155 : fut. -ήσω 6.72 : aor. ὤκνησα 18.103, etc. : (ὄκνος) :—A. shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, c. inf., ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν Il. 5.255 ; ἀρχέμεναι πολέμοιο ὤκνεον 20.155.—In Att. mostly with collat. sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so, 1. of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, Ph. 93, cf. 5.61, Fr. 23 ; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, 2.19, cf. Grg. 462e ; τοσαῦθʼ ὅσʼ ὀκνήσαιμʼ ἂν . . εἰπεῖν 18.103, cf. 24.7, etc. 2. of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας Pr. 628, cf. El. 1271. 3. most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότʼ ἄνδρα . . ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν Aj. 81, cf. 1.120, etc.—The Homeric constr. c. inf. continued most common (v. supr.): rarely c. acc., πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δεῖ; OT 976 ; ὃν μήτʼ ὀκνεῖτε OC 731, cf. Cyr. 2.2.21 ; ἂν ὀκνῇς τὸ μανθάνειν 213.1 ; also ὀ. περί τινος Cyr. 4.5.20 ; ὀ. μή . . Phdr. 257c, An. 2.3.9, 1.18. II. freq. also abs., shrink, hesitate, hang back, 7.50, El. 22,320, 55, Prom. 18, etc. ; of soldiers, Pol. 1297b11.
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