Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκούσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκούσιος ἑκούσιᾱ ἑκούσιον

Structure: ἑκουσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(kw/n

Sense

  1. voluntary, voluntary acts
  2. willing, acting of free will

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἀμφὶ τοῖσ σφαλεῖσι μὴ ’ξ ἑκουσίασ ὀργὴ πέπειρα, τῆσ σε τυγχάνειν πρέπει. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 3:3)
  • πράττοντασ, φαμέν, ἀνθρώπουσ μιμεῖται ἡ μιμητικὴ βιαίουσ ἢ ἑκουσίασ πράξεισ, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πράττειν ἢ εὖ οἰομένουσ ἢ κακῶσ πεπραγέναι, καὶ ἐν τούτοισ δὴ πᾶσιν ἢ λυπουμένουσ ἢ χαίροντασ. (Plato, Republic, book 10 217:2)

Synonyms

  1. voluntary

  2. willing

Related

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

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