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ἐθελοντής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐθελοντής ἐθελοντές

Structure: ἐθελοντη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: later form of e)qelonth/r, Hdt., Thuc., etc.

Sense

Examples

  • Νικίασ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷδε παρείθη, γράφω δὲ οὐδὲν διάφορα ἢ Φίλιστοσ, ὃσ ἔφη Δημοσθένην μὲν σπονδὰσ ποιήσασθαι τοῖσ ἄλλοισ πλὴν αὑτοῦ καὶ ὡσ ἡλίσκετο αὑτὸν ἐπιχειρεῖν ἀποκτεῖναι, Νικίᾳ δὲ τὴν παράδοσιν ἐθελοντῇ γενέσθαι· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 29 17:2)

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

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