ἑκοῦσα

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ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low

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English (Autenrieth)

(ϝεκ.): willingly, intentionally, of one's own will; ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θῦμῷ, i. e. not by compulsion, and yet reluctantly, Il. 4.43 ; ἑκὼν δ' οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο (δῶρα θεῶν), i. e. they cannot be got otherwise than from the gift of the gods, Il. 3.66.