ἄοκνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓- (a-, “not”) + ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.o.knos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.o.knos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o.knos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.o.knos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.o.knos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́οκνος • (áoknos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́οκνον); second declension
- resolute, without hesitation, industrious
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 495:
- ἔνθα κ’ ἄοκνος ἀνὴρ μέγα οἶκον ὀφέλλοι
- éntha k’ áoknos anḕr méga oîkon ophélloi
- For then an industrious man can greatly prosper his house.
- ἔνθα κ’ ἄοκνος ἀνὴρ μέγα οἶκον ὀφέλλοι
Inflection
Second declension of ᾰ̓́οκνος; ᾰ̓́οκνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́οκνος áoknos | ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓́οκνοι áoknoi | ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓όκνου aóknou | ᾰ̓όκνου aóknou | ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin | ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin | ᾰ̓όκνων aóknōn | ᾰ̓όκνων aóknōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓όκνῳ aóknōi | ᾰ̓όκνῳ aóknōi | ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin | ᾰ̓όκνοιν aóknoin | ᾰ̓όκνοις aóknois | ᾰ̓όκνοις aóknois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon | ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓όκνους aóknous | ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́οκνε áokne | ᾰ̓́οκνον áoknon | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓όκνω aóknō | ᾰ̓́οκνοι áoknoi | ᾰ̓́οκνᾰ áokna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓όκνως aóknōs | ᾰ̓οκνότερος aoknóteros | ᾰ̓οκνότᾰτος aoknótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓οκνῐ́ᾱ (aokníā)
References
- “ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄοκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄοκνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄοκνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- eager idem, page 258.
- resolute idem, page 702.
- unfaltering idem, page 917.
- unflagging idem, page 918.
- unflinching idem, page 918.
- unhesitating idem, page 921.
- unquestioning idem, page 928.
- unshrinking idem, page 932.
- unwavering idem, page 936.