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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

  • ὄντοσ δὴ βουλητοῦ μὲν τοῦ τέλουσ, βουλευτῶν δὲ καὶ προαιρετῶν τῶν πρὸσ τὸ τέλοσ, αἱ περὶ ταῦτα πράξεισ κατὰ προαίρεσιν ἂν εἰε͂ν καὶ ἑκούσιοι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 61:2)
  • εἰ οὖν, ὥσπερ λέγεται, ἑκούσιοί εἰσιν αἱ ἀρεταί καὶ γὰρ τῶν ἕξεων συναίτιοί πωσ αὐτοί ἐσμεν, καὶ τῷ ποιοί τινεσ εἶναι τὸ τέλοσ τοιόνδε τιθέμεθα, καὶ αἱ κακίαι ἑκούσιοι ἂν εἰε͂ν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 81:2)
  • κοινῇ μὲν οὖν περὶ τῶν ἀρετῶν εἴρηται ἡμῖν τό τε γένοσ τύπῳ, ὅτι μεσότητέσ εἰσιν καὶ ὅτι ἕξεισ, ὑφ’ ὧν τε γίνονται, ὅτι τούτων πρακτικαὶ <καὶ> καθ’ αὑτάσ, καὶ ὅτι ἐφ’ ἡμῖν καὶ ἑκούσιοι, καὶ οὕτωσ ὡσ ἂν ὁ ὀρθὸσ λόγοσ προστάξῃ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 82:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἐφ’ ἡμῖν ἦν οὕτωσ ἢ μὴ οὕτω χρήσασθαι, διὰ τοῦτο ἑκούσιοι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 85:1)
  • μετασχόντεσ δ’ αὐτῆσ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ τρεῖσ μόνον ἡμέρασ ἀποτίθενται κατὰ τὸν ἀρχαῖον ἐθισμὸν ἑκούσιοι, θεοπέμπτων τινῶν σημείων κωλυτηρίων αὐτοῖσ τοῦ πράττειν τὰ κοινὰ γενομένων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 62 1:2)
  • οὐ μόνον δ’ αἱ τῆσ ψυχῆσ κακίαι ἑκούσιοί εἰσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐνίοισ καὶ αἱ τοῦ σώματοσ, οἷσ καὶ ἐπιτιμῶμεν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 73:2)

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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