ἑκών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Akin to Old Armenian վասն (vasn, “for the sake of”), Sanskrit वश्ति (vaśti, “he wills”) and Old Persian 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 (vašnā, “thanks to”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.kɔ̌ːn/ → /eˈkon/ → /eˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.kɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈkon/

Adjective

ἑκών • (hekṓn) m (feminine ἑκοῦσα, neuter ἑκόν); first/third declension

1. willing

Antonyms

• ἄκων (ákōn)

References

• “ἑκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑκών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἑκών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἑκών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑκών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἑκών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἑκών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1635 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cheerfully idem, page 128.
  • consciously idem, page 162.
  • free will idem, page 343.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • grace idem, page 368.
  • help idem, page 395.
  • intentionally idem, page 449.
  • joyfully idem, page 464.
  • knowingly idem, page 472.
  • murmur idem, page 547.
  • own idem, page 587.
  • unasked idem, page 907.
  • unsolicited idem, page 932.
  • voluntarily idem, page 956.
  • voluntary idem, page 956.
  • willing idem, page 979.