reluctance
From LSJ
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς → ye shall know them by their fruits, by their fruits ye shall know them, by their fruits you shall know them, you will know them by their fruit
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).
