Ὤκνουν
I was hesitating
Translated by Stacie Raucci5 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I was being cautious.1
Also [sc. attested is] 'they were hesitating', [meaning] they were being cautious, they were neglecting. "When Greeks understood that the expedition was against the King, they were hesitating [sc. about] the journey inland. But once Klearchos had said that the return march was impossible if Kyros did not take part in it, they went along."2
Also [sc. attested is] 'they were hesitating', [meaning] they were being cautious, they were neglecting. "When Greeks understood that the expedition was against the King, they were hesitating [sc. about] the journey inland. But once Klearchos had said that the return march was impossible if Kyros did not take part in it, they went along."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὤκνουν· ηὐλαβούμην. καὶ Ὤκνουν, ηὐλαβοῦντο, ὠλιγώρουν. συνέντες δὲ οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐπὶ βασιλέα εἶναι τὴν στρατείαν ὤκνουν τὴν ἀνάβασιν· Κλεάρχου δὲ εἰπόντος τὴν ὑποστροφὴν ἄπορον εἶναι Κύρου μὴ συναιρουμένου, συνῄεσαν.
Betacode
*)/wknoun: hu)labou/mhn. kai\ *)/wknoun, hu)labou=nto, w)ligw/roun. sune/ntes de\ oi( *(/ellhnes e)pi\ basile/a ei)=nai th\n stratei/an w)/knoun th\n a)na/basin: *klea/rxou de\ ei)po/ntos th\n u(postrofh\n a)/poron ei)=nai *ku/rou mh\ sunairoume/nou, sunh/|esan.
Notes (2)
- 1This primary headword is imperfect, first person singular (rather than third person plural, as the gloss shows), of
o)kne/w , literally 'I shrink (from)', for which see also omicron 112, omicron 113, omicron 116, omicron 117. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Plato, Republic 453D. ↩ - 2To illustrate the third-person plural usage, part of xi 48 (a summary narrative of the Anabasis of Xenophon) is here quoted. ↩
Linked from5 entries
- ο112Ὀκνεῖhesitates[Meaning he/she/it] behaves cautiously. Xenophon [writes]: "[they] hesitating, lest when the Greeks had crossed the bridge they might stay [...]". Meaning [they] practicing caution, fearing.
- ο113Ὀκνεῖνto hesitate"[...] that no scout from the enemy was hesitating, but even before the deed was thinking that they knew with what force and how equipped he was coming."
- ο114ὈκνείωI shrink from[Meaning] I hesitate, I reject.
- ο116ὈκνῶI hesitate[Meaning] I am afraid. And frequently Sophocles uses this [word] in reference to fearing. "For I would not have stood up to him with hesitation [if he were] in his right mind." And the orators used the noun not in…
- ο117Ὀκνῶνhesitating[Meaning someone who is] shrinking back. Sophocles [writes]: "for every man who is doing great [deeds] is inclined to hesitate."
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Revision history6 revisions · last 12 Sep 2023
- another tweak — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes, cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- deleted link — Catharine Roth
- modified translation and notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Stacie Raucci