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ἑκών

ἑκών, ἑκών, willing; (when used in predicate position agreeing with subject, translated as adv.) willingly

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ἑκοῦσιν masculine dative plural, neuter dative plural of ἑκών

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ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: (ϝέκ- IG 9(1).334.12 (Locr.), GDI 5131b (Crete), cf. γεκαθά; cf. Skt. váśmi ‘wishʼ):—
  • readily, Od. 4.649, etc.; freq. contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ Il. 4.43; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑ. ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; ἑκόνθʼ ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ συμπαραστατεῖν A. Pr. 220; πάρειμι δʼ ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν S. Ant. 276; ἑκόντα μήτʼ ἄκοντα Id. Ph. 771; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών Id. OC 935; ἑ. παρʼ ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, D. 21.44; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν Gal. 19.171.
      • 2 wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δʼ ἡμάρτανε φωτός Il. 10.372, etc.; σφόδρʼ ἑκὼν . . ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος D. 29.13.
      • 3 in Att. Prose (cf. Phryn. 241), ἑ. εἶναι as far as depends on oneʼs 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.
    • II rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα S. OT 1230.
    • III for Adv. see ἑκοντήν, ἑκοντί: regul. Adv. ἑκόντως is dub. in Aristid. 2.187, 226J.

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