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

 

• 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

   Antonym: ἄκων (ákōn)

Inflection

First and third declension of ἑκών; ἑκοῦσᾰ; ἑκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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.