ἀέκων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion.; Att. and Trag. contr. [[ἄκων]] [ᾱ], [[ἄκουσα]], [[ἆκον]] (uncontr. form also in ''IG''1.61 (law of Draco), A.''Supp.''39 (anap.), sometimes found in codd. of [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], as 4.120,164):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[involuntary]], [[constrained]], of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο Il.1.310; ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ 4.43; πόλλ' ἀέκων 11.557; opp. [[βουλόμενος]], Hp.''VC''11; <b class="b3">τὼ δ' οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἄκοντε]]) Il.5.366, Od.3.484; κάρτα ἀ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.111; [[ἀέκουσι]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἀεκούσια]]) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ Hp.''Epid.''1.19: contr. first in ''h.Cer.''413; <b class="b3">ἄκοντος Διός</b> [[invito Jove]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''771; repeated, <b class="b3">ἄκοντά σ' ἄκων προσπασσαλεύσω</b> ib.19, cf. 671; ἄ. ἀκούειν οὓς ἑκὼν εἶπεν λόγους S.''Fr.''929, cf. ''Ant.''276; μηδένα τῶνδ' ἀέκοντα μένειν κατέρυκε Thgn.467. Adv. [[ἀκόντως]] = [[unwillingly]], ὁμολογεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 333b, cf. ''Hp.Mi.''374d; οὐκ ἀ. ἀλλὰ [[προθύμως]] ἐπείσθησαν X.''HG''4.8.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Poet., like [[ἀκούσιος]], of acts or their consequences, [[involuntary]], κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 1230; ἔργων ἀ. Id.''OC''240 (lyr.), cf. 977.