ἀποκνεῖν
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
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.
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.
