flinch
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κατοκνεῖν, P. ἀποκνεῖν.
flinch from: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν (acc.), ἐξίστασθαι (acc.), ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), V. ἐξαφίστασθαι (gen.), P. ἀποκνεῖν (acc.); see shrink from.
not to flinch from (face bravely): P. and V. θαρσεῖν (acc.).
