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reluctance

reluctance
subs.
Hesitation:
P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.
Reluctance to take the field:
P. ἀπόκνησις τῶν στρατειῶν.
Unwillingness to grant a thing:
P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ.
From base reluctance to benefit any men:
V. φειδοῖ πονηρᾷ μηδένʼ εὖ ποιεῖν βροτῶν (Eur. Frag.).

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