ἑκών

English (LSJ)

ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: (

   A ϝέκ- IG9(1).334.12 (Locr.), GDI5131b (Crete), cf. γεκαθά; cf. Skt. váśmi 'wish'):—readily, Od.4.649, etc.; freq. contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ Il.4.43; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑ. ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ συμπαραστατεῖν A.Pr.220; πάρειμι δ' ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν S.Ant.276; ἑκόντα μήτ' ἄκοντα Id.Ph.771; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών Id.OC935; ἑ. παρ' ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, D.21.44; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν Gal.19.171.    2 wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δ' ἡμάρτανε φωτός Il.10.372, etc.; σφόδρ' ἑκὼν . . ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος D.29.13.    3 in Att. Prose (cf. Phryn.241), ἑ. εἶναι as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one, with a neg., Hdt. 7.104, 8.116, Pl.Ap.37a, al.; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι Id.Grg.499c; or in a sentence implying a neg., θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ . . τις ἑκὼν εἶναι (fort. delendum) . . ἀφικνεῖται; Id.Lg.646b: once affirm., ἑκὼν εἶναι . . οἴχετο Hdt.7.164.    II rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα S.OT1230.    III for Adv. see ἑκοντήν, ἑκοντί: regul. Adv. ἑκόντως is dub. in Aristid.2.187, 226J.