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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]
*)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.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 November 2009@18:06:45.
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