ἄοκνος

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) +‎ ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”).

ᾰ̓́οκνος • (ắoknos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́οκνον); second declension

resolute, without hesitation, industrious
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 495:
  ἔνθα κ’ ἄοκνος ἀνὴρ μέγα οἶκον ὀφέλλοι
  éntha k’ áoknos anḕr méga oîkon ophélloi
  For then an industrious man can greatly prosper his house.

Second declension of ᾰ̓́οκνος; ᾰ̓́οκνον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓́οκνος ắoknos	ᾰ̓́οκνον ắoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓́οκνοι ắoknoi	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ ắoknă
Genitive	ᾰ̓όκνου ăóknou	ᾰ̓όκνου ăóknou	ᾰ̓όκνοιν ăóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοιν ăóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνων ăóknōn	ᾰ̓όκνων ăóknōn
Dative	ᾰ̓όκνῳ ăóknōi	ᾰ̓όκνῳ ăóknōi	ᾰ̓όκνοιν ăóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοιν ăóknoin	ᾰ̓όκνοις ăóknois	ᾰ̓όκνοις ăóknois
Accusative	ᾰ̓́οκνον ắoknon	ᾰ̓́οκνον ắoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓όκνους ăóknous	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ ắoknă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́οκνε ắokne	ᾰ̓́οκνον ắoknon	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓όκνω ăóknō	ᾰ̓́οκνοι ắoknoi	ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ ắoknă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓όκνως ăóknōs		ᾰ̓οκνότερος ăoknóteros		ᾰ̓οκνότᾰτος ăoknótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄοκνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄοκνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- eager idem, page 258.
- resolute idem, page 702.
- unfaltering idem, page 917.
- unflagging idem, page 918.
- unflinching idem, page 918.
- unhesitating idem, page 921.
- unquestioning idem, page 928.
- unshrinking idem, page 932.
- unwavering idem, page 936.