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