scruple

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ἐνθύμιον, τό.

hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ. causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.

the Athenians and the greater number bade the generals wait because they had scruples (about going): οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι οἵ τε πλείους ἐπισχεῖν ἐκέλευον τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἐνθύμιον ποιούμενοι (Thuc. 7, 50).

have scruples about (doing a thing): P. and V. ὀκνεῖν (infin.), κατοκνεῖν, (infin.), V. αἰδεῖσθαι (part.); see scruple, v.

verb intransitive

(With infin.), P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κατοκνεῖν, V. αἰδεῖσθαι, ἅζεσθαι (Euripides, Heraclidae 600).