refusal
From LSJ
τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars
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 (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 51).