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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

  • τῆσ ἀρετῆσ δὴ περὶ πάθη τε καὶ πράξεισ οὔσησ, καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῖσ ἑκουσίοισ ἐπαίνων καὶ ψόγων γινομένων, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖσ ἀκουσίοισ συγγνώμησ, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ἐλέου, τὸ ἑκούσιον καὶ τὸ ἀκούσιον ἀναγκαῖον ἴσωσ διορίσαι τοῖσ περὶ ἀρετῆσ ἐπισκοποῦσι, χρήσιμον δὲ καὶ τοῖσ νομοθετοῦσι πρόσ τε τὰσ τιμὰσ καὶ τὰσ κολάσεισ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, book 3 2:1)
  • μικταὶ μὲν οὖν εἰσιν αἱ τοιαῦται πράξεισ, ἐοίκασι δὲ μᾶλλον ἑκουσίοισ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 7:1)
  • μᾶλλον δ’ ἐοίκεν ἑκουσίοισ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 14:1)
  • ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἑκουσίοισ γὰρ ἡ αἰδώσ, ἑκὼν δ’ ὁ ἐπιεικὴσ οὐδέποτε πράξει τὰ φαῦλα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 156:3)
  • τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἓν τὸ διορθωτικόν, ὃ γίνεται ἐν τοῖσ συναλλάγμασι καὶ τοῖσ ἑκουσίοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἀκουσίοισ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 47:1)

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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