ὀκνηρία
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ἡ, = ὄκνος, LXX Ec.10.18, PMasp.158.15(vi A. D.), Glossaria.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀκνηρία: ἡ, = ὄκνος. Γλωσσ.· ὡς καὶ νῦν, Ἑβδ. (Ἐκκλ. Ι΄, 18), συχν. παρ’ Ἐφραὶμ τῷ Σύρῳ.
Greek Monolingual
η (Α ὀκνηρία) οκνηρός
τάση για αποφυγή εργασίας και κάθε δραστηριότητας, νωθρότητα, τεμπελιά («ἀπεῖχε πάσης ἐργασίας ζῶν ἐν ὀκνηρίᾳ καὶ ἀργίᾳ»).
Translations
laziness
Arabic: كَسَل; Egyptian Arabic: كسل; Armenian: ծուլություն; Aromanian: leani; Assamese: এলাহ; Bashkir: ялҡаулыҡ; Belarusian: лянота, гультайства; Bikol Central: kahugakan; Bulgarian: мързел, безделие; Catalan: peresa, mandra, accídia; Cebuano: tapol, katapol; Chichewa: ulesi; Chinese Mandarin: 惰性, 懒惰; Chukchi: ӄытԓиӄыԓ; Czech: lenost; Danish: dovenskab; Dutch: luiheid; Estonian: laiskus; Ewe: kuviawɔwɔ; Faroese: leti; Finnish: laiskuus; French: paresse, flemme; Galician: galloufa, nugalla, taina, cuxota, mandría, apaxo, doquería, larchaneiría, lacazaneiría; German: Faulheit, Trägheit; Greek: τεμπελιά; Ancient Greek: ἀκηδία, [ἀκηδίη]], ἀκήδεια, ἀμεριμνία, ἀπονία, ἀργία, ἀτονία, ἀφιλεργία, βλακεία, ἐπισυρμός, νώθεια, νωχελία, νωχελίη, ὀκνηρία, ὀλιγοπονία, ῥᾳδιουργία, ῥαθυμία, ῥᾳθυμία, ῥᾳθυμίη, σχολαιότης, χαλιφροσύνη; Gujarati: આળસ or; Haitian Creole: parès; Hebrew: עצלות; Hungarian: lustaság; Icelandic: leti; Ilocano: sadut; Indonesian: kemalasan; Irish: drogall; Italian: pigrizia; Japanese: 無精; Khmer: ការខ្ជិល; Korean: 게으름; Latin: pigritia; Macedonian: мрза; Maori: māngeretanga; Navajo: iłhóyééʼ; Northern Mansi: сав; Old English: slǣwþ; Pangasinan: ngiras; Polish: lenistwo; Portuguese: preguiça; Quechua: qilla; Romanian: lene; Russian: лень; Scottish Gaelic: leisg; Slovak: lenivosť; Spanish: pereza, desidia, fiaca, flojera, desgana; Swahili: uzembe; Swedish: lättja, lathet; Tagalog: katamaran, kamaymayan; Telugu: సోమరితనము; Thai: ความขี้เกียจ; Tocharian B: ālasäññe; Turkish: tembellik; Ukrainian: лінощі, лінь; Umbundu: epepe; Vietnamese: sự lười biếng; Welsh: diogi
