προθῡμ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ,
readiness, willingness, eagerness, ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι [ῑ] pepoiqw/s [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀθυμία, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσῃ π. with all
zeal, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ προθυμίας by my
eagerness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) with
genitive person, ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος π. at his
desire, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν τούτου π. as far as his
desire goes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ
by the will of the god, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) with
genitive objecti, πᾶσαν π. σωτηρίης. παρεχόμενοι showing the utmost
zeal to save it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔργου
readiness for action,
will or
purpose to act, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) π. ἔχειν, ={προθυμεῖσθαι}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
infinitive, ἔσχε π. στρατεύσασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with
participle, ἔφη πᾶσαν π. σχεῖν δεόμενος [
Refs]
II)
goodwill, ready kindness, Ἑλλήνων εἵνεκα ἔργον. ἔργασμαι ὑπὸ προθυμίης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλείστην π. περὶ ὑμᾶς, π. πολλὴν περί σε, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
desire of natural functions, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]