refusal
From LSJ
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
refusal to give: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ, V. φθόνησις, ἡ.
avoidance: P. and V. φυγή, ἡ; see avoidance.
meet with a refusal: P. διαμαρτάνειν (Dem. 401).
you shall meet with no refusal at my hands: V. οὐκ ἄτιμος ἔκ γ' ἐμοῦ φανεῖ (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 51).
