ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: (ϝέκ- [
Refs]; cf. Sanskrit
váśmi 'wish'):—
readily, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑ. παρ᾽ ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἡμάρτανε φωτός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3) in
Attic dialect Prose [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one, with a
negative, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι [
Refs]; or in a sentence implying a
negative, θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ. τις ἑκὼν εἶναι (perhaps delendum). ἀφικνεῖτα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) for
adverb see ἑκοντήν, ἑκοντί: regular
adverb ἑκόντως is uncertain in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]