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|Full diacritics=θέλω
|Medium diacritics=θέλω
|Low diacritics=θέλω
|Capitals=ΘΕΛΩ
|Transliteration A=thélō
|Transliteration B=thelō
|Transliteration C=thelo
|Beta Code=qe/lw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ἐθέλω]] and add ὅστις ἂν θέλῃ <span class="title">IG</span>12.49.12; <b class="b3">ἐὰν δέ τις θέλῃ</b> ib.6.106; <b class="b3">ἐάν τις μὴ θέλῃ</b> ib.40.27.</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1193.png Seite 1193]] s. [[ἐθέλω]].
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{{ls
|lstext='''θέλω''': μέλλ. θελήσω, συντετμημένος [[τύπος]] τοῦ [[ἐθέλω]], [[ὅπερ]] ἴδε ἐν τέλει.
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{{bailly
|btext=v. [[ἐθέλω]].
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[θέλω]] (cf. [[ἐθέλω]]. θέλοντι; θέλοι; θέλων, -οντι, -οντες.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> be [[ready]] to, [[wish]] c. inf. ἐσλὰ δ' ἐπ ἐσλοῖς ἔργα θέλοι [[δόμεν]] (sc. [[Ζεύς]]) (O. 8.85) θέλοντι δὲ αἰεὶ μένειν τεθμοῖσιν ἐν Αἰγιμιοῦ Δωριεῖς (P. 1.62) Ἀλεύα τε παῖδες, Ἱπποκλέᾳ θέλοντες [[ἀγαγεῖν]] ἐπικωμίαν [[ἀνδρῶν]] κλυτὰν [[ὄπα]] (P. 10.5) “εἰ μὲν αὐτὸς Οὔλυμπον θέλεις λτ;ναίειν&gt; (N. 10.84) [[Ζεὺς]] ὅτ' ἀμφὶ Θέτιος [[ἀγλαός]] τ ἔρισαν Ποσειδὰν γάμῳ, ἄλοχον εὐειδέα θέλων [[ἑκάτερος]] ἑὰν [[ἔμμεν]] (I. 8.28) ἀλλ' αἶνον ἐπέβα [[κόρος]] τὸ λαλαγῆσαι θέλων κρυφόν τε [[θέμεν]] ἐσλῶν καλοῖς ἔργοις (codd., def. [[van]] Leeuwen: θέλον nom., coni. Coppola: θέλει Wil.) (O. 2.97) [[part]]. abs., [[ready]], [[willing]], τὸ Καστόρειον θέλων ἄθρησον (P. 2.69) “εἴ ποτ' ἐμᾶν, ὦ Ζεῦ πάτερ, θυμῷ θέλων ἀρᾶν ἄκουσας” (I. 6.43) ]θέλοντι [[δόμεν]][ (Pae. 16.4)
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{{Abbott
|astxt=[[θέλω]] (the strengthened [[form]] [[ἐθέλω]] is [[found]] in Hom., and is the [[more]] freq. in Attic; v. Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), [in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; c. neg., מאן pi., etc.;] <br />to [[will]], be [[willing]], [[wish]], [[desire]] ([[more]] freq. [[than]] [[βούλομαι]], q.v., in vernac. and [[late]] Gk., [[also]] in MGr.; for [[various]] views as to its [[relation]] to β., v. Thayer, 286; [[but]] v. [[also]] BL, §24, s.v.): absol., Ro 9:16, I Co 4:19 12:18, Ja 4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Ac 18:21; c. acc. rei, Mt 20:21, Mk 14:36, Jo 15:7, Ro 7:15, 16 I Co 4:21 7:36, Ga 5:17; c. inf., Mt 5:40, Mk 10:43, Jo 6:21, 67 Ro 7:21, Ga 4:9; c. acc. et inf., Mk 7:24, Lk 1:62, Jo 21:22, 23 Ro 16:19, I Co 14:5, Ga 6:13; οὐ [[θέλω]], Mt 18:30, al.; id. c. inf., Mt 2:18, Mk 6:26, Jo 5:40, I Co 16:7; seq. [[ἵνα]], Mt 7:12, Mk 6:25, Jo 17:24; opp. to [[ποιέω]], [[πράσσω]], [[ἐνεργέω]], Ro 7:15, 19 II Co 8:10, 11 Phl 2:13; seq. ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), I Co 14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his [[own]] [[mere]] [[will]], by [[humility]], R, mg), Col 2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, c. acc. pers., Mt 27:43; c. acc. rei, Mt 9:13 12:7, He 10:5, 8; c. inf., I Pe 3:10; for אמר, c. inf., Ac 7:28 (v. Cremer, 726ff.).
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=or ethelo, in [[certain]] tenses theleo, and etheleo, [[which]] are [[otherwise]] [[obsolete]] [[apparently]] strengthened from the alternate [[form]] of [[αἱρέομαι]]; to [[determine]] (as an [[active]] [[option]] from subjective [[impulse]]; [[whereas]] [[βούλομαι]] [[properly]] denotes [[rather]] a [[passive]] [[acquiescence]] in objective considerations), i.e. [[choose]] or [[prefer]] ([[literally]] or [[figuratively]]); by [[implication]], to [[wish]], i.e. be inclined to ([[sometimes]] adverbially, [[gladly]]); impersonally for the [[future]] tense, to be [[about]] to; by Hebraism, to [[delight]] in: [[desire]], be disposed ([[forward]]), [[intend]], [[list]], [[love]], [[mean]], [[please]], [[have]] [[rather]], (be) [[will]] ([[have]], -ling, - ling(-ly)).
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