reluctance
From LSJ
Ὡς χαρίεν ἔστ' ἄνθρωπος, ἂν ἄνθρωπος ᾖ → Res est homo peramoena, quum vere est homo → Wie voller Anmut ist ein Mensch, der wirklich Mensch
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.
reluctance to take the field: P. ἀπόκνησις τῶν στρατειῶν.
unwillingness to grant a thing: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ.
from base reluctance to benefit any men: V. φειδοῖ πονηρᾷ μηδέν' εὖ ποιεῖν βροτῶν (Eur., Fragment).
