ὄκνος

oknos

shrinking, hesitation

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 3
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Book II 2
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665d9
672a8
Book VI 1
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768e3
Republic 3
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Book V 2
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450d1
473e3
Book VI 1
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503b3
Sophist 1
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242a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄκνος, ὁ, A. shrinking, hesitation, οὔτε τί με δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον οὔτε τις ὄ. Il. 5.817 (answering to κάματος in 811), cf. 13.224 ; οὔτʼ ὄκνῳ εἴκων οὔτʼ ἀφραδίῃσι νόοιο 10.122, cf. A. Th. 54, S. Ant. 243 ; ὄ. τις καὶ μέλλησις Th. 7.49 ; ἀμαθία μὲν θράσος, λογισμὸς δὲ ὄ. φέρει Id. 2.40, etc. ; τὸν μὲν ὄ. ψόγον, τὸν δὲ πόνον ἔπαινον ἡγουμένη Isoc. 1.7 : hence, 2. simply, alarm, fear, A. Ag. 1009 (lyr.), S. Ph. 225 : c. gen., τοῦ μάλιστʼ ὄ. σʼ ἔχει Id. OC 652 : in pl., ἀναβολαὶ καὶ ὄκνοι Pl. Lg. 768e, cf. D. 18.246 :— Constr. : c. gen., τοῦ πόνου γὰρ οὐκ ὄ. [ἐστί] I grudge not labour, S. Ph. 887, cf. OCl. c. : c. inf., παρέσχεν ὄ. μὴ ἐλθεῖν made them hesitate to . . , Th. 3.39 ; ὄ. ἦν ἀνίστασθαι X. An. 4.4.11 ; ὄ. πρός τι Pl. Lg. 665d. II. Ὄκνος personified, as title of picture by Polygnotus, Paus. 10.29.2, Plin. HN 35.137, cf. D.S. 1.97. III. ὄ. χαλκοῦς, a seat used by women in Bithynia, Suid. IV. = ἀστερίας II.1, Arist. HA 617a5, Ael. NA 5.36, Ant.Lib. 7.6.

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