reluctance
From LSJ
Χαίρειν ἐπ' αἰσχροῖς οὐδέποτε χρὴ πράγμασιν → Non decet in rebus esse laetum turpibus → In schlimmer Not ist Freude niemals angebracht
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).