ἑκών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to choose, want”). Akin to Old Armenian վասն (vasn, “for the sake of”), Sanskrit वश्ति (vaśti, “he wills”) and Old Persian 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 (vašnā, “thanks to”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.kɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈkon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈkon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈkon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈkon/
Adjective
ἑκών • (hekṓn) m (feminine ἑκοῦσα, neuter ἑκόν); first/third declension
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἑκών hekṓn |
ἑκοῦσᾰ hekoûsa |
ἑκόν hekón |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκούσᾱ hekoúsā |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκόντες hekóntes |
ἑκοῦσαι hekoûsai |
ἑκόντᾰ hekónta | |||||
Genitive | ἑκόντος hekóntos |
ἑκούσης hekoúsēs |
ἑκόντος hekóntos |
ἑκόντοιν hekóntoin |
ἑκούσαιν hekoúsain |
ἑκόντοιν hekóntoin |
ἑκόντων hekóntōn |
ἑκουσῶν hekousôn |
ἑκόντων hekóntōn | |||||
Dative | ἑκόντῐ hekónti |
ἑκούσῃ hekoúsēi |
ἑκόντῐ hekónti |
ἑκόντοιν hekóntoin |
ἑκούσαιν hekoúsain |
ἑκόντοιν hekóntoin |
ἑκοῦσῐ / ἑκοῦσῐν hekoûsi(n) |
ἑκούσαις hekoúsais |
ἑκοῦσῐ / ἑκοῦσῐν hekoûsi(n) | |||||
Accusative | ἑκόντᾰ hekónta |
ἑκοῦσᾰν hekoûsan |
ἑκόν hekón |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκούσᾱ hekoúsā |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκόντᾰς hekóntas |
ἑκούσᾱς hekoúsās |
ἑκόντᾰ hekónta | |||||
Vocative | ἑκών hekṓn |
ἑκοῦσᾰ hekoûsa |
ἑκόν hekón |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκούσᾱ hekoúsā |
ἑκόντε hekónte |
ἑκόντες hekóntes |
ἑκοῦσαι hekoûsai |
ἑκόντᾰ hekónta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἑκόντως hekóntōs |
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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, 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.
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