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Headword: *)oknw=n
Adler number: omicron,117
Translated headword: hesitating
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning someone who is] shrinking back.[1]
Sophocles [writes]: "for every man who is doing great [deeds] is inclined to hesitate."[2]
Greek Original:
*)oknw=n: a)naduo/menos. *sofoklh=s: filei= ga\r o)knei=n pa=s a)nh\r pra/sswn me/ga.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron183 Theodoridis. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is present participle of o)kne/w, masculine nominative singular. For this verb, see also omicron 112, omicron 113, omicron 114, omicron 116, omega 51.
[2] Sophocles, Electra 320 (web address 1), with the infinitive o)knei=n.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 November 2009@18:06:45.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 16 November 2009@03:33:50.
David Whitehead on 23 June 2013@08:26:31.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 28 June 2013@00:02:41.

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