ὀκν-έω,
ὀκνείω Il. 5.255: impf. ὤκνεον 20.155: fut. -ήσω Isoc. 6.72: aor. ὤκνησα D. 18.103, etc.: (ὄκνος): -
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1. shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, c. inf., ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν Il. 5.255; ἀρχέμεναι πολέμοιο ὤκνεον 20.155. - In Att. mostly with collat. sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and So 1 of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, S. Ph. 93, cf. Th. 5.61, Lys. Fr. 23; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, D. 2.19, cf. Pl. Grg. 462e; τοσαῦθ’ ὅσ’ ὀκνήσαιμ’ ἂν.. εἰπεῖν D. 18.103, cf. 24.7, etc.
2. of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας A. Pr. 628, cf. S. El. 1271.
3. most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ’ ἄνδρα.. ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν Id. Aj. 81, cf. Th. 1.120, etc. - The Homeric constr. c. inf. continued most common (v. supr.): rarely c. acc., πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δεῖ; S. OT 976; ὃν μήτ’ ὀκνεῖτε Id. OC 731, cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.21; ἂν ὀκνῇς τὸ μανθάνειν Philem. 213.1; also ὀ. περί τινος X. Cyr. 4.5.20; ὀ. μή.. Pl. Phdr. 257c, X. An. 2.3.9, D. 1.18.
II freq. also abs., shrink, hesitate, hang back, Hdt. 7.50, S. El. 22, 320, Antipho Soph. 55, Luc. Prom. 18, etc.; of soldiers, Arist. Pol. 1297b11.
G3635 — ὀκνέω
ό᾿κνω: 1 aorist ώ᾿κνησα; (ὄκνος (perhaps allied with the frequent.cunc-tari (cf. Curtius, p. 708)) delay); from Homer down; to feel loath, to be slow; to delay, hesitate: followed by an infinitive [Act 9:38]. ([Num 22:16]; [Jdg 18:9], etc.)
ὀκνέω , - ῶ
( < ὄκνος , shrinking, hesitation),
[in LXX : [Num 22:16] (H4513 ni .), [Jdg 18:9] (H680 ni .), Tob 12:6 ; Tob 12:13 , Jdt 12:13 , Sir 7:35 , 4Ma 14:4 * ;]
to shrink from doing, hesitate to do ( Hom ., Thuc ., al. ); hence, to delay c . inf ., [Act 9:38] ( cf. Nu, l.c ., and v. MM , xviii). †