ἥσθην πατέρα τὸν ἀμὸν εὐλογοῦντά σε → I was pleased to hear you praising my father
of one's own free will: use adj., P. and V. ἑκών, αὐτεπάγγελτος, ἐθελοντής (Sophocles, Ajax 24), P. ἑκώνγε εἶναι.