demur

From LSJ

ῥύπος γυνὴ πέφυκεν ἠργυρωμένος → woman is silver-plated dirt, woman is dirt covered with silver

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb intransitive

P. and V. ὀκνεῖν; see hesitale.

substantive

P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ; see hesitation.