ἀπόκνησις
From LSJ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A shrinking from, στρατειῶν Th. 1.99; ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς πολιτικοὺς ἀγῶνας Plu.2.783b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 307] ἡ, Zögerung aus Furcht, Thuc. 1, 99.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόκνησις: -εως, ἡ, ἀποφυγή, ἀποχὴ ἕνεκα ὄκνου, φόβου, ἀπ..., στρατειῶν Θουκ. 1. 99· ἀπ. πρός τι Πλούτ. 2. 783Β.
