oknamō

ὀκν-έω,
Epic dialect ὀκνείω Refs 8th c.BC+: imperfect ὤκνεον Refs: future -ήσωRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist ὤκνησα Refs 4th c.BC+: (ὄκνος):—shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, with infinitive, ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+ —In _Attic dialect_ mostly with collateral sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so,
1 of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας Refs 5th c.BC+
3 most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+ —The Homeric _construction_ with infinitive continued most common (see. above): rarely with accusative, πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δε; Refs 5th c.BC+
II frequently also absolutely, shrink, hesitate, hang back, Refs 5th c.BC+; of soldiers, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.