Ὀκνεῖν
to hesitate
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Nov 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[...] 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."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀκνεῖν· κατάσκοπον οὐδένα ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων ὀκνεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸ ἔργου ἡγεῖσθαι γινώσκειν αὐτούς, ξὺν ὅσῃ τε καὶ ὅπως ὡπλισμένῃ δυνάμει ἔρχεται.
Betacode
*)oknei=n: kata/skopon ou)de/na e)k tw=n polemi/wn o)knei=n, a)lla\ kai\ pro\ e)/rgou h(gei=sqai ginw/skein au)tou/s, cu\n o(/sh| te kai\ o(/pws w(plisme/nh| duna/mei e)/rxetai.
Notes (1)
- The headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation.
- 1Arrian, Fragmenta incerta 21 Roos-Wirth (from either Parthica or From the Death of Alexander). For the verb
o)knei=n , see also omicron 112, omicron 114, omicron 116, omicron 117, omega 51. ↩
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.
- 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."
- ω51ὬκνουνI was hesitating[Meaning] I was being cautious. 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…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 19 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth