scruple
From LSJ
Εὔπειστον ἀνὴρ δυστυχὴς καὶ λυπούμενος → Concinnat luctus suspicacem et miseria → Leichtgläubig ist ein Mann im Unglück und im Leid
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ. causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.
the Athenians and the greater number bade the generals wait because they had scruples (about going): οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι οἵ τε πλείους ἐπισχεῖν ἐκέλευον τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἐνθύμιον ποιούμενοι (Thuc. 7, 50).
have scruples about (doing a thing): P. and V. ὀκνεῖν (infin.), κατοκνεῖν, (infin.), V. αἰδεῖσθαι (part.); see scruple, v.
verb intransitive
(With infin.), P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κατοκνεῖν, V. αἰδεῖσθαι, ἅζεσθαι (Euripides, Heraclidae 600).
