ἄοκνος

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “not”) +‎ ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”).

ᾰ̓́οκνος • (áoknos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́οκνον); second declension

resolute, without hesitation, industrious
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 495:
  ἔνθα κ’ ἄοκνος ἀνὴρ μέγα οἶκον ὀφέλλοι
  éntha k’ áoknos anḕr méga oîkon ophélloi
  For then an industrious man can greatly prosper his house.

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓́οκνος áoknos	ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓́οκνοι áoknoi	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna
Genitive	ᾰ̓όκνου aóknou	ᾰ̓όκνου aóknou	ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνων aóknōn	ᾰ̓όκνων aóknōn
Dative	ᾰ̓όκνῳ aóknōi	ᾰ̓όκνῳ aóknōi	ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοις aóknois	ᾰ̓όκνοις aóknois
Accusative	ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon	ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓όκνους aóknous	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna
Vocative	ᾰ̓́οκνε áokne	ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō	ᾰ̓́οκνοι áoknoi	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓όκνως aóknōs		ᾰ̓οκνότερος aoknóteros		ᾰ̓οκνότᾰτος aoknótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄοκνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄοκνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- eager idem, page 258.
- resolute idem, page 702.
- unfaltering idem, page 917.
- unflagging idem, page 918.
- unflinching idem, page 918.
- unhesitating idem, page 921.
- unquestioning idem, page 928.
- unshrinking idem, page 932.
- unwavering idem, page 936.