ἀέκων,
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect;
Attic dialect and Trag.
contraction ἄκων [ᾱ], ουσα, ον (un
contraction form also in [
Refs 4th c.BC+], sometimes found in codices of [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βουλόμενος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (variant{ἄκοντε}) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέκουσι (variant{ἀεκούσια}) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
contraction first in [
Refs]; ἄκοντος Διός
invito Jove, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
adverb ἀκόντως
unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) poetical, like{ἀκούσιος}, of acts or their consequences,
involuntary, κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]