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1 ὄκνος 1
ὄκνος 1.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `hesitation, temporization, doubtfulness, bashfulness' (Il.).Compounds: Also as 2. member, e.g. ἄ-οκνος, adv. - ως `without hesitation, determined' (IA. Hes.) with ἀοκν-ία f. `determination' (Hp.).Derivatives: Adj. ὀκν-ηρός `hesitant, doubtful, causing doubt' (Pi., IA.) with - ηρία f. = ὄκνος (LXX, pap. VIp), - ηρεύω `to inspire doubt' (LXX); in the same meaning also ὀκν-ηλός (Theognost.), - ώδης (Dionys. Av.), - αλέος (Nonn.). Denom. ὀκνέω (- είω Ε 255 metr. conditioned; cf. Schwyzer 724 n. 2, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 101, also Shipp Studies 28, 118), also with ἀπ-, κατ-, δι-, `to hesitate, to tarry, to scruple, to shy' (Il.) with ( ἀπ-)όκνησις f. `doubt, reluctance' (Th., Plu.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Isolated. Benveniste BSL 36, 102 f. compares Hitt. ikni-i̯ant- `lame' (`to be considered' Neumann Heth. u. luw. Sprachgut 20). Earlier attempts, a.o. to Goth. aha `sense, intelligence' etc. (Uhlenbeck PB Beitr. 27, 115; s. also WP. 1, 169 a. Pok. 774), in Bq.Page in Frisk: 2,373-374Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄκνος 1
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