procrastination

From LSJ

Ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → Silere quam clamare peregrinum decet → für Fremde ist zu schweigen besser als zu schrein

Menander, Monostichoi, 401

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. μέλλησις, ἡ, P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ, τριβή, ἡ, διατριβή, ἡ; see delay.