ὀκνηρός

See also: οκνηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀκνέω (oknéō, “to shrink, hesitate”) +‎ -ρός (-rós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.knɛː.rós/ → /o.kniˈros/ → /o.kniˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.knɛː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.kne̝ˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.kniˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.kniˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.kniˈros/

Adjective

ὀκνηρός • (oknērós) m (feminine ὀκνηρᾱ́, neuter ὀκνηρόν); first/second declension

1. shrinking, timid, especially from fear
2. hesitating, reluctant
3. idle, sluggish
4. (of things) causing fear, vexatious, troublesome

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀκνηρός; ὀκνηρᾱ́; ὀκνηρόν (Attic)

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 oknērá
Genitive		ὀκνηροῦ oknēroû	ὀκνηρᾶς oknērâs	ὀκνηροῦ oknēroû		ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn	ὀκνηραῖν oknēraîn	ὀκνηροῖν oknēroîn		ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn	ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn	ὀκνηρῶν oknērôn
Dative		ὀκνηρῷ oknērôi	ὀκνηρᾷ oknērâi	ὀκνηρῷ oknērôi		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 oknērá
Vocative		ὀκνηρέ oknēré	ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́	ὀκνηρόν oknērón		ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ	ὀκνηρᾱ́ oknērā́	ὀκνηρώ oknērṓ		ὀκνηροί oknēroí	ὀκνηραί oknēraí	ὀκνηρᾰ́ oknērá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀκνηρῶς oknērôs				ὀκνηρότερος oknēróteros				ὀκνηρότᾰτος oknērótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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