ἑκοντής

ἑκοντ-ήν, Adv. = foreg., Theognost. Can.161.24, Arr. ap. Suid., SIG880.48 ([place name] Pizus). —The remark of Phryn. I ([etym.] ἑκοντὴν οὐ χρὴ λέγειν, ἀλλ' ἐθελοντήν) refers not to this Adv., but to a Noun [full] ἑκοντής, οῠ, ὁ, used by Epict.Gnom.67 ;

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ἑαυτὸν ἑκοντὴν παρέχων IPE12.40.21

(Olbia, ii/iii A.D.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `voluntary, deliberately'

Other forms: (Cret., Locr. Ϝεκών), ἑκοῦσα (Cyren. IV^a ἑκασσα, Cret. Ϝεκαθ\<θ\>α in γεκαθά ἑκοῦσα H.; ἀέκων, Att. ἄ̄κων, ἀέκουσα, ἄ̄κουσα (Dor. ἀέκασσα in \<ἀέ\> κασσα ἄκουσα H.), ἀέκον, ἆκον `unvoluntary, against one's will' (Il.). Cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 252.), ἑκόν;

Derivatives: ἑκούσιος "to somebody who wants", i. e. `from free will, voluntary' (Ion. Att.) with ἑκουσιότης (late), ἑκουσιάζομαι `sacrifice voluntarily' with ἑκουσιασμός `vol. sacrifice' (LXX); ἀεκούσιος, ἀκούσιος `unvol., unfree, forced' (Ion. Att.; on ἑκών, ἄκων beside ἑκούσιος, ἀκούσιος Schwyzer-Debrunner 180.); - ἑκοντ-ί, - ήν, - ηδόν `vol.' (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).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] *u̯eḱ- `to will, want'

Etymology: Old participle (cf. Wackernagel Syntax 1, 283 and 286), identical with Skt. uś-ánt-, f. uś-at-ī́ (: ἑκασσα \< *Ϝεκ-ατ-ι̯ᾰ) except the stemvowel (on spir. asper Schwyzer 227); the Greek full grade from in the lost indicative *Ϝέκ-μι = Hitt. u̯ek-mi, Skt. váś-mi `I want, desire'. - Vgl. ἑκάεργος, ἕνεκα and ἕκητι. The origin of ἕκα- (*u̯eḱnt-?) is not certain.

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