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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang, tarry”), shared with Latin cunctor (“I delay, hold up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ó.knos/ → /ˈo.knos/ → /ˈo.knos/
Noun
ὄκνος • (óknos) m (genitive ὄκνου); second declension
- shrinking, hesitation
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 5.817:
- οὔτέ τί με δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον οὔτέ τις ὄκνος
- oúté tí me déos ískhei akḗrion oúté tis óknos
- neither spiritless fear nor some hesitation holds me back
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References
Further reading
- “ὄκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- backwardness idem, page 58.
- chariness idem, page 126.
- delay idem, page 207.
- delicacy idem, page 207.
- demur idem, page 210.
- diffldence idem, page 223.
- disinclination idem, page 234.
- dread idem, page 251.
- embarrassment idem, page 267.
- faint-heartedness idem, page 302.
- faltering idem, page 304.
- fear idem, page 312.
- flagging idem, page 325.
- flinching idem, page 328.
- hesitation idem, page 398.
- indecision idem, page 431.
- irresolution idem, page 460.
- luke-warmness idem, page 504.
- misgiving idem, page 534.
- oscillation idem, page 580.
- procrastination idem, page 644.
- pusillanimity idem, page 660.
- qualm idem, page 663.
- reluctance idem, page 692.
- scruple idem, page 743.
- scrupulousness idem, page 743.
- shrinking idem, page 771.
- slowness idem, page 786.
- squeamishness idem, page 808.
- tardiness idem, page 855.
- torpor idem, page 881.
- unreadiness idem, page 928.
- unsteadiness idem, page 933.
- vacillation idem, page 942.
- wavering idem, page 968.