- ὀκνέω
- ὀκνέω 1 aor. ὤκνησα (s. next entry; Hom.+; pap, LXX) to hold back from doing someth., hesitate, delay w. inf. foll. (Diod S 10, 33, 1 ὀκ. ἀποθνῄσκειν; Appian, Mithrid. 57 §230; Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 21, 2; Just., D. 142, 1; Tat 23, 1) μὴ ὀκνήσῃς διελθεῖν ἕως ἡμῶν come over to us without delay Ac 9:38 (sim. Num 22:16 μὴ ὀκνήσῃς ἐλθεῖν πρός με. Field, p. 118: ‘a courteous mode of pressing a request’; Sir 7:35; cp. Lucian, Necyom. 11 μὴ ὀκνήσῃς εἰπεῖν; POxy 1769, 7; Philo, Aet. M. 84; Jos., Vi. 251, C. Ap. 1, 15; Field, Notes 118). οὐκ ὀκνήσω … συγκατατάξαι ταῖς ἑρμηνείαις I will not hesitate to include in my expositions Papias (2:3).—DELG s.v. 1 ὄκνο. M-M. Spicq.
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