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|Definition=Ep. ὀκνείω <span class="bibl">Il.5.255</span> : impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὤκνεον <span class="bibl">20.155</span> : fut. -ήσω <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.72</span> : aor. ὤκνησα <span class="bibl">D.18.103</span>, etc. : (ὄκνος) :—[[shrink from]] doing, [[scruple]], [[hesitate]] to do a thing, c. inf., ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν <span class="bibl">Il.5.255</span>; ἀρχέμεναι πολέμοιο ὤκνεον <span class="bibl">20.155</span>.—In Att. mostly with collat. sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of shame or fear (in a moral sense), <b class="b3">ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι</b> I [[shrink from]] being called, [[fear]] to be called, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>93</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.61</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 23</span>; <b class="b3">οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι</b> [[shrink from]] naming, [[hesitate]] to name, <span class="bibl">D.2.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>462e</span>; τοσαῦθ' ὅσ' ὀκνήσαιμ' ἂν . . εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.18.103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.7</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>628</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>1271</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ' ἄνδρα . . ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.120</span>, etc.—The Homeric constr. c. inf. continued most common (v. supr.): rarely c. acc., <b class="b3">πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δεῖ</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>976</span>; ὃν μήτ' ὀκνεῖτε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>731</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.21</span>; ἂν ὀκνῇς τὸ μανθάνειν <span class="bibl">Philem.213.1</span>; also ὀ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.20</span>; ὀ. μή . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>257c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.9</span>, <span class="bibl">D.1.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> freq. also abs., [[shrink]], [[hesitate]], [[hang back]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.50</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>22</span>,<span class="bibl">320</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Prom.</span>18</span>, etc.; of soldiers, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1297b11</span>.</span>

|lsmtext='''ὀκνέω:''' Επικ. [[ὀκνείω]], παρατ. [[ὤκνεον]], μέλ. <i>-ήσω</i>, αόρ. αʹ <i>ὤκνησα</i> ([[ὄκνος]])·<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[αποφεύγω]] να κάνω [[κάτι]], έχω ενδοιασμούς, [[διστάζω]] να κάνω [[κάτι]], με απαρ., σε Ομήρ. Ιλ. κ.λπ.· ὀκνῶ [[προδότης]] καλεῖσθαι, [[ντρέπομαι]] να με πουν προδότη, σε Σοφ.· <i>ὀκνῶ ὀνομάσαι</i>, [[αποφεύγω]] να [[δώσω]] κάποιο όνομα, [[διστάζω]] να κατονομάσω, σε Δημ.· [[σπανίως]] με αιτ., <i>ὃν ὀκνεῖτε</i>, σε Σοφ.· ὀκνεῖν [[περί]] τινος, σε Ξεν.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> δεν [[αποφασίζω]], [[διστάζω]], [[λουφάζω]], σε Ηρόδ., Σοφ. κ.λπ.