ἀεκούσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον (also α, ον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>18</span>), Ion. and Ep. (also in anap., <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>1263</span>); Att. contr. ἀκούσιος [ᾱ], ον, also in <span class="bibl">Democr. 240</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[against the will]], [[constrained]], of acts or their consequences, καὶ τῷ οὔ κως ἀεκ. ἐγίνετο τὸ ποιεύμενον <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.162</span>; τλήσομαι . . ἀεκούσια πολλὰ βίαια <span class="bibl">Thgn.1343</span>; ἐς ἀ. ἀνάγκας πίπτειν <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; πόνοι Democr. l.c.; often in Att. of [[involuntary]] offences, ἀ. φόνος <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">πράκτορες τῶν ἀκουσίων</b> ib., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>733d</span>, <span class="bibl">864a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1109b35</span>, al.; τὰ μὲν ἀ. ἁπλῇ, τὰ δὲ ἑκούσια διπλῇ <span class="title">IG</span>1.1. Adv. -ίως <span class="bibl">D.21.43</span>, Sever. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>13.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, only in Adv. [[ἀκουσίως]] [[involuntarily]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>62c</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀποθανεῖν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἑκουσίως ἀποκτείνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὶ ἀφῖχθαι</b> to have come [[as an unwelcome]] guest, <span class="bibl">Th.3.31</span>.</span>