ὄκνος
ὄκνος
.ὄκνος, ὁ,
shrinking, hesitation, unreadiness, sluggishness, Il., Aesch.; ὄκνος καὶ μέλλησις Thuc.
alarm, fear, Aesch., Soph.
c. gen., τοῦ πόνου οὐκ ὄκνος ἐστί I grudge not labour, Soph.
c. inf., παρέσχεν ὄκνον μὴ ἐλθεῖν made them hesitate to go, Thuc.; ὄκνος ἦν ἀνίστασθαι Xen.