reluctance
From LSJ
Ἐσθλῷ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ τἆσθλὰ καὶ διδοῖ θεός → Bonis hominibus quid nisi bona det deus? → Dem edlen Mann gibt Gott auch das, was edel ist
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).
