ἑκούσιος

See also: εκούσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

• Neuter of a derivative from ἑκών (hekṓn)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.kǔː.si.os/ → /eˈku.si.os/ → /eˈku.si.os/

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

Adjective

ἑκούσῐος • (hekoúsĭos) m (feminine ἑκουσίᾱ, neuter ἑκούσῐον); first/second declension

1. voluntary (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)

Declension

First and second declension of ἑκούσῐος; ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ; ἑκούσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑκούσῐος hekoúsĭos	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ hekousĭ́ā	ἑκούσῐον hekoúsĭon		ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ hekousĭ́ā	ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō		ἑκούσῐοι hekoúsĭoi	ἑκούσῐαι hekoúsĭai	ἑκούσῐᾰ hekoúsĭă
Genitive		ἑκουσῐ́ου hekousĭ́ou	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱς hekousĭ́ās	ἑκουσῐ́ου hekousĭ́ou		ἑκουσῐ́οιν hekousĭ́oin	ἑκουσῐ́αιν hekousĭ́ain	ἑκουσῐ́οιν hekousĭ́oin		ἑκουσῐ́ων hekousĭ́ōn	ἑκουσῐ́ων hekousĭ́ōn	ἑκουσῐ́ων hekousĭ́ōn
Dative		ἑκουσῐ́ῳ hekousĭ́ōi	ἑκουσῐ́ᾳ hekousĭ́āi	ἑκουσῐ́ῳ hekousĭ́ōi		ἑκουσῐ́οιν hekousĭ́oin	ἑκουσῐ́αιν hekousĭ́ain	ἑκουσῐ́οιν hekousĭ́oin		ἑκουσῐ́οις hekousĭ́ois	ἑκουσῐ́αις hekousĭ́ais	ἑκουσῐ́οις hekousĭ́ois
Accusative		ἑκούσῐον hekoúsĭon	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱν hekousĭ́ān	ἑκούσῐον hekoúsĭon		ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ hekousĭ́ā	ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō		ἑκουσῐ́ους hekousĭ́ous	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱς hekousĭ́ās	ἑκούσῐᾰ hekoúsĭă
Vocative		ἑκούσῐε hekoúsĭe	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ hekousĭ́ā	ἑκούσῐον hekoúsĭon		ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō	ἑκουσῐ́ᾱ hekousĭ́ā	ἑκουσῐ́ω hekousĭ́ō		ἑκούσῐοι hekoúsĭoi	ἑκούσῐαι hekoúsĭai	ἑκούσῐᾰ hekoúsĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑκουσῐ́ως hekousĭ́ōs				ἑκουσῐώτερος hekousĭṓteros				ἑκουσῐώτᾰτος hekousĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓εκούσῐος (ăekoúsĭos)

Descendants

• → Greek: εκούσιος (ekoúsios) (learned)

Further reading

• ἑκούσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑκούσιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἑκούσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G1595 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.
  • deliberate idem, page 207.
  • free idem, page 343.
  • intentional idem, page 449.
  • purpose idem, page 659.
  • self-imposed idem, page 751.
  • spontaneous idem, page 804.
  • unconstrained idem, page 911.
  • unprovoked idem, page 928.
  • voluntary idem, page 956.
  • willing idem, page 979.