Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀεκούσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀεκούσιος ἀεκούσια ἀεκούσιον

Structure: ἀεκουσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. against one's will, involuntary

Examples

  • ἐν πολλοῖσι δὲ ἐκ καρτερίησ ἀεκουσίου ὑπ’ αἰδοῦσ ἐν ξυλλόγοισι ἢ ξυνδείπνοισι πληρουμένη διατέταται , ἀδρανίῃ τε περιστολῆσ οὐκέτι μεθίησι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 202)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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