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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[voluntary]], [[deliberately]]<br />Other forms: (Cret., Locr. <b class="b3">Ϝεκών</b>), <b class="b3">ἑκοῦσα</b> (Cyren. IVa <b class="b3">ἑκασσα</b>, Cret. <b class="b3">Ϝεκαθ</b><<b class="b3">θ</b>><b class="b3">α</b> in <b class="b3">γεκαθά ἑκοῦσα</b> H.; <b class="b3">ἀέκων</b>, Att. <b class="b3">ἄκων</b>, <b class="b3">ἀέκουσα</b>, <b class="b3">ἄκουσα</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">ἀέκασσα</b> in <<b class="b3">ἀέ</b>><b class="b3">κασσα ἄκουσα</b> H.), <b class="b3">ἀέκον</b>, <b class="b3">ἆκον</b> <b class="b2">unvoluntary, against one's will</b> (Il.). Cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 252.), <b class="b3">ἑκόν</b>;<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἑκούσιος</b> "to somebody who wants", i. e. <b class="b2">from free will, voluntary</b> (Ion. Att.) with <b class="b3">ἑκουσιότης</b> (late), <b class="b3">ἑκουσιάζομαι</b> <b class="b2">sacrifice voluntarily</b> with <b class="b3">ἑκουσιασμός</b> <b class="b2">vol. sacrifice</b> (LXX); <b class="b3">ἀεκούσιος</b>, <b class="b3">ἀκούσιος</b> <b class="b2">unvol., unfree, forced</b> (Ion. Att.; on <b class="b3">ἑκών</b>, <b class="b3">ἄκων</b> beside <b class="b3">ἑκούσιος</b>, <b class="b3">ἀκούσιος</b> Schwyzer-Debrunner 180.); - <b class="b3">ἑκοντ-ί</b>, <b class="b3">-ήν</b>, <b class="b3">-ηδόν</b> <b class="b2">vol.</b> (postclass.; Schwyzer 623), <b class="b3">ἑκοντής</b> m. [[volunteer]] (Epikt.), as <b class="b3">ἐθελοντής</b>, cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 175 Zus. 1; - Denomin. ptc. <b class="b3">ἀεκαζόμενος</b> (Od., h. Cer.), (Wackernagel IF 45, 314 n. 2 = Kl. Schr. 2, 1254 n. 2).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] <b class="b2">*u̯eḱ-</b> <b class="b2">to will, want</b><br />Etymology: Old participle (cf. Wackernagel Syntax 1, 283 and 286), identical with Skt. <b class="b2">uś-ánt-</b>, f. <b class="b2">uś-at-ī́</b> (: <b class="b3">ἑκασσα</b> < <b class="b3">*Ϝεκ-ατ-ι̯α</b>) except the stemvowel (on spir. asper Schwyzer 227); the Greek full grade from in the lost indicative <b class="b3">*Ϝέκ-μι</b> = Hitt. <b class="b2">u̯ek-mi</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">váś-mi</b> <b class="b2">I want, desire</b>. - Vgl. [[ἑκάεργος]], [[ἕνεκα]] and [[ἕκητι]]. The origin of <b class="b3">ἕκα-</b> (<b class="b2">*u̯eḱnt-</b>?) is not certain.

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