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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[voluntary]], [[deliberately]]<br />Other forms: (Cret., Locr. [[Ϝεκών]]), [[ἑκοῦσα]] (Cyren. IVa [[ἑκασσα]], Cret. [[Ϝεκαθ]]<[[θ]]>[[α]] in <b class="b3">γεκαθά ἑκοῦσα</b> H.; [[ἀέκων]], Att. [[ἄκων]], [[ἀέκουσα]], [[ἄκουσα]] (Dor. [[ἀέκασσα]] in <[[ἀέ]]><b class="b3">κασσα ἄκουσα</b> H.), [[ἀέκον]], [[ἆκον]] <b class="b2">unvoluntary, against one's will</b> (Il.). Cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 252.), [[ἑκόν]];<br />Derivatives: [[ἑκούσιος]] "to somebody who wants", i. e. [[from free will]], [[voluntary]] (Ion. Att.) with [[ἑκουσιότης]] (late), [[ἑκουσιάζομαι]] [[sacrifice voluntarily]] with [[ἑκουσιασμός]] <b class="b2">vol. sacrifice</b> (LXX); [[ἀεκούσιος]], [[ἀκούσιος]] <b class="b2">unvol., unfree, forced</b> (Ion. Att.; on [[ἑκών]], [[ἄκων]] beside [[ἑκούσιος]], [[ἀκούσιος]] 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), [[ἑκοντής]] m. [[volunteer]] (Epikt.), as [[ἐθελοντής]], cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 175 Zus. 1; - Denomin. ptc. [[ἀεκαζόμενος]] (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> [[to will]], [[want]]<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> (: [[ἑκασσα]] < <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> [[I want]], [[desire]]. - Vgl. [[ἑκάεργος]], [[ἕνεκα]] and [[ἕκητι]]. The origin of <b class="b3">ἕκα-</b> (<b class="b2">*u̯eḱnt-</b>?) is not certain.