A.shrinking, hesitation, “οὔτε τί με δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον οὔτε τις ὄ.” Il.5.817 (answering to κάματος in 811), cf. 13.224 ; “οὔτ᾽ ὄκνῳ εἴκων οὔτ᾽ ἀφραδίῃσι νόοιο” 10.122, cf. A.Th.54, S.Ant.243 ; “ὄ. τις καὶ μέλλησις” Th.7.49 ; “ἀμαθία μὲν θράσος, λογισμὸς δὲ ὄ. φέρει” Id.2.40, etc. ; “τὸν μὲν ὄ. ψόγον, τὸν δὲ πόνον ἔπαινον ἡγουμένη” Isoc.1.7 : hence,
2. simply, alarm, fear, A.Ag.1009 (lyr.), S.Ph.225 : c. gen., “τοῦ μάλιστ᾽ ὄ. σ᾽ ἔχει” Id.OC652 : in pl., “ἀναβολαὶ καὶ ὄκνοι” Pl.Lg.768e, cf. D.18.246 :— Constr. : c. gen., τοῦ πόνου γὰρ οὐκ ὄ. [ἐστί] I grudge not labour, S. Ph.887, cf. OCl. c. : c. inf., παρέσχεν ὄ. μὴ ἐλθεῖν made them hesitate to . . , Th.3.39 ; “ὄ. ἦν ἀνίστασθαι” X.An.4.4.11 ; “ὄ. πρός τι” Pl.Lg. 665d.
II. Ὄκνος personified, as title of picture by Polygnotus, Paus.10.29.2, Plin.HN35.137, cf. D.S.1.97.
