ἀποκνεῖν
From LSJ
ἤκουσεν ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἀρσένων ἑταιρίαν εἶναι → he heard that there was also a fellowship of males in Rome (Severius, commentary on Romans 1:27)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἀποκνέω): hesitate, revolt, shrink, be reluctant to, flinch from, hesitate to, shrink from
Lexicon Thucydideum
detreclare, to refuse, decline, 3.30.4, 6.92.5, 8.12.1,
metu desistere, to give up through fear, 3.20.2,
cunctari, to delay, 3.55.3, 4.11.4, Ibid. in the same place 6.18.1, 7.21.4.
