dilatoriness

From LSJ

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. σχολή, ἡ, ῥᾳθυμία, ἡ, P. βραδύτης, ἡ; see delay.