refusal

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

refusal to give: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ, V. φθόνησις, ἡ.

avoidance: P. and V. φυγή, ἡ; see avoidance.

meet with a refusal: P. διαμαρτάνειν (Dem. 401).

you shall meet with no refusal at my hands: V. οὐκ ἄτιμος ἔκ γ' ἐμοῦ φανεῖ (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 51).