volunteer
From LSJ
ἄλλαι μὲν βουλαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλα δὲ Θεὸς κελεύει → man proposes, God disposes | men's wishes are different from what God orders | man's will is often different than God's decisions
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
as a volunteer: use adv. P. ἐθελοντί (Thuc. 8, 2), ἐθελοντηδόν (Thuc. 8, 98).
uninvited: use adj., P. ἀπαράκλητος (Thuc. 2, 98).
verb transitive
offer: P. and V. ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι.
Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι; see undertake.
