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Headword: Ὤκνουν
Adler number: omega,51
Translated headword: I was shrinking
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

I was being cautious.[1]
Also they were shrinking [from doing something], they were being cautious, they were neglecting. "The Greeks who had assembled the expedition against the King were shrinking from the journey inland. But once Klearchos had said that the return march was impossible if Kyros did not take part in it, they went together."[2]

Greek Original:

Ὤκνουν: ηὐλαβούμην. καὶ Ὤκνουν, ηὐλαβοῦντο, ὠλιγώρουν. συνέντες δὲ οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐπὶ βασιλέα εἶναι τὴν στρατείαν ὤκνουν τὴν ἀνάβασιν: Κλεάρχου δὲ εἰπόντος τὴν ὑποστροφὴν ἄπορον εἶναι Κύρου μὴ συναιρουμένου, συνῄεσαν.

Notes:

[1] First person singular (or third person plural) imperfect of ὀκνέω , for which see also omicron 112, omicron 113, omicron 116, omicron 117.
[2] To illustrate the 3rd-person plural usage, part of xi 48 (a summary narrative of the Anabasis of Xenophon) is here quoted.

Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; history; military affairs
Translated by: Stacie Raucci on 5 June 2000@12:51:24.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (modified translation and notes; added keywords) on 1 January 2001@11:30:34.
Catharine Roth (deleted link) on 4 July 2007@23:34:18.
Catharine Roth (augmented notes, cosmetics, keyword, status) on 8 December 2009@21:51:58.

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