ὀκν-ηρός, ά, όν,
shrinking, timid, ἐλπίδες -ότεραι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.22; ἀσθενέας καὶ ὀ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 28; -ότερος ἐς τὴν πρᾶξιν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.5; ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ -ότεροι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.55, compare 1.142 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially from fear, opposed to τολμηρός, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.24; τὸ θῆλυ -ότερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 608b13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -ρῶς reluctantly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.7; ὀ. διακεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 idle, sluggish, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “Facet.” 211, +others ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II of things, causing fear, vexatious, troublesome, ἡμῖν μὲν.. ταῦτ᾽ ὀκνηρά [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 834. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]