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ὄκνος

oknos

1 1065 The initial 6- has been explained as a case of vowel assimilation since S

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ὄκνος · oknos — Beekes

1 1065 The initial 6- has been explained as a case of vowel assimilation since S

2. ὄκνος · oknos — Beekes

hesitation, doubt, shyness

3. ὄκνος · oknos — Beekes

bittern

4. ὄκνος · oknos — Chantraine

1 ὄκνος : “hésitation, timidité» et même parfois e crainte » (1]

5. ὄκνος · oknos — Chantraine

2 ὄκνος : m

6. ὄκνος · oknos — Frisk

2

7. ὄκν-ος · okn-os — LSJ

shrinking, hesitation

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1116-1117; entry #4491 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 807; entry #5843 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 1346; entry #4215 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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