ἑκών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ἑκοῦσα]], [[ἑκόν]]: (<br><span class="bld">A</span> ϝέκ- IG9(1).334.12 (Locr.), GDI5131b (Crete), cf. [[γεκαθά]]; cf. Skt. váśmi '[[wish]]'):—[[readily]], Od.4.649, etc.; freq. contrasted with [[ἄκων]], ἑκών ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ Il.4.43; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑκών ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ [[συμπαραστατεῖν]] A.Pr.220; πάρειμι δ' ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν S.Ant.276; ἑκόντα μήτ' ἄκοντα Id.Ph.771; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών Id.OC935; [[ἑκών παρ' ἑκόντος]] [[λαμβάνειν]], i.e. by [[mutual]] [[consent]], D.21.44; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν Gal.19.171.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wittingly]], [[purposely]], ἑκὼν δ' ἡμάρτανε φωτός Il.10.372, etc.; σφόδρ' ἑκὼν . . ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος D.29.13.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Att. Prose (cf. Phryn.241), [[ἑκών εἶναι]] = [[as far as depends on one's will]], [[as far as concerns one]], with a neg., Hdt. 7.104, 8.116, Pl.Ap.37a, al.; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι Id.Grg.499c; or in a sentence implying a neg., θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ . . τις [[ἑκὼν εἶναι]] (fort. delendum) . . [[ἀφικνεῖται]]; Id.Lg.646b: once affirm., ἑκὼν εἶναι . . οἴχετο Hdt.7.164.<br><span class="bld">II</span> rarely of things, κακὰ ἑκών κοὐκ ἄκοντα S.OT1230.<br><span class="bld">III</span> for Adv. see [[ἑκοντήν]], [[ἑκοντί]]: regul. Adv. [[ἑκόντως]] is dub. in Aristid.2.187, 226J.