ἄοκν-ος, ον,
without hesitation, resolute, ἀνήρ[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 495; φύλακα τροφῆς ἄοκνον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 563; ἄ. πρὸς μελλητάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70; ἕψομαί γ᾽ ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.118; πρὸς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρήσεις 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.64U.; πρὸς τοὺς πόνους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 3] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. βλάβη pressing, present mischief, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 841] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νως without hesitation, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 38, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649b, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Syn.Praef.” ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.2.] Refs 5th c.BC+]