ἑκών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν</b>: (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ϝέκ- <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.12 (Locr.), <span class="title">GDI</span>5131b (Crete), cf. [[γεκαθά]]; cf. Skt. [[váśmi]] 'wish'):—[[readily]], <span class="bibl">Od.4.649</span>, etc.; freq. contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ <span class="bibl">Il.4.43</span>; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑ. ἀέκοντα δίηται <span class="bibl">7.197</span>; ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ συμπαραστατεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>220</span>; πάρειμι δ' ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>276</span>; ἑκόντα μήτ' ἄκοντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>771</span>; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>935</span>; <b class="b3">ἑ. παρ' ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν</b>, i.e. by mutual consent, <span class="bibl">D.21.44</span>; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν Gal.19.171. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wittingly]], [[purposely]], ἑκὼν δ' ἡμάρτανε φωτός <span class="bibl">Il.10.372</span>, etc.; σφόδρ' ἑκὼν . . ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος <span class="bibl">D.29.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in Att. Prose (cf. Phryn.241), <b class="b3">ἑ. εἶναι</b> <b class="b2">as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one</b>, with a neg., <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.104</span>, <span class="bibl">8.116</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37a</span>, al.; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>499c</span>; or in a sentence implying a neg., <b class="b3">θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ . . τις ἑκὼν εἶναι</b> (fort. delendum) . . [[ἀφικνεῖται]]; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>646b</span>: once affirm., ἑκὼν εἶναι . . οἴχετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.164</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1230</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> for Adv. see <b class="b3">ἑκοντήν, ἑκοντί</b>: regul. Adv. [[ἑκόντως]] is dub. in Aristid.2.187, 226J.</span>