ὀκνηρός
See also: οκνηρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀκνέω (oknéō, “to shrink, hesitate”) + -ρός (-rós, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.knɛː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.kne̝ˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.kniˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.kniˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.kniˈros/
Adjective
ὀκνηρός • (oknērós) m (feminine ὀκνηρᾱ́, neuter ὀκνηρόν); first/second declension
- shrinking, timid, especially from fear
- hesitating, reluctant
- idle, sluggish
- (of things) causing fear, vexatious, troublesome
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ὀκνηρός oknērós |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́ |
ὀκνηρόν oknērón |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́ |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηροί oknēroí |
ὀκνηραί oknēraí |
ὀκνηρᾰ́ oknērắ | |||||
| Genitive | ὀκνηροῦ oknēroû |
ὀκνηρᾶς oknērâs |
ὀκνηροῦ oknēroû |
ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn |
ὀκνηραῖν oknēraîn |
ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn |
ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn |
ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn |
ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn | |||||
| Dative | ὀκνηρῷ oknērōî |
ὀκνηρᾷ oknērāî |
ὀκνηρῷ oknērōî |
ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn |
ὀκνηραῖν oknēraîn |
ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn |
ὀκνηροῖς oknēroîs |
ὀκνηραῖς oknēraîs |
ὀκνηροῖς oknēroîs | |||||
| Accusative | ὀκνηρόν oknērón |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ν oknērā́n |
ὀκνηρόν oknērón |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́ |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηρούς oknēroús |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ς oknērā́s |
ὀκνηρᾰ́ oknērắ | |||||
| Vocative | ὀκνηρέ oknēré |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́ |
ὀκνηρόν oknērón |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́ |
ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ |
ὀκνηροί oknēroí |
ὀκνηραί oknēraí |
ὀκνηρᾰ́ oknērắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀκνηρῶς oknērôs |
ὀκνηρότερος oknēróteros |
ὀκνηρότᾰτος oknērótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: Ocneria
Further reading
- “ὀκνηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀκνηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀκνηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette