reluctant

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Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) → The Athenians were in great danger...

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adjective

Of persons: P. and V. ἄκων, οὐχ ἑκών.

Of things: P. and V. οὐχ ἑκούσιος, P. ἀκούσιος, V. ἄκων.

be reluctant to, v.: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν (infin.), κατοκνεῖν (infin.), P. ἀποκνεῖν (infin.).

Translations

Belarusian: неахвотны; Bulgarian: неохотен; Chinese Mandarin: 不情願, 不情愿; Czech: neochotný, zdráhající se; Dutch: aarzelend, schoorvoetend; Finnish: haluton, vastahakoinen; French: réticent, rétif, récalcitrant, réfractaire; German: zögernd, widerwillig, widerstrebend; Greek: απρόθυμος; Ancient Greek: ἀπρόθυμος; Hungarian: kelletlen, vonakodó; Indonesian: enggan; Interlingua: reluctante; Irish: aimhleasc, aimhleisciúil, deacair, dochma, drogallach, iarmhartach, leasc, leisciúil, mífhonnmhar, náir, neamhfhonnmhar, neamhthoilteanach, támáilte; Italian: riluttante; Japanese: 嫌がる, 嫌な; Khmer: រអាដៃ, អល់អែក; Korean: 싫어하다; Latin: invitus; Manx: neuarryltagh, neuwooiagh; Maori: whakawhēuaua, manauhea, whakakumu, horokukū, whakauaua, korongata, whakatohetohe, manawapā, kōroiroi; Mongolian: дургүй; Norwegian Bokmål: motvillig; Nynorsk: motvillig, motviljug; Persian: بی‌میل; Plautdietsch: looj; Polish: niechętny; Portuguese: relutante; Romanian: reticent, precaut, prevăzător; Russian: неохотный, нежелающий; Scots: sweer, sweirt, laith; Scottish Gaelic: aindeònach, leisg; Slovak: neochotný; Spanish: renuente, reacio, reluctante, reticente; Swedish: motvillig, vrång, motsträvig; Turkish: isteksiz, gönülsüz, hevessiz; Ukrainian: неохочий; Vietnamese: miễn cưỡng