εκούσιος

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑκούσιος (hekoúsios).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈku.si.os/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧κού‧σι‧ος

Adjective

εκούσιος (ekoúsiosm (feminine εκούσια, neuter εκούσιο)

  1. voluntary (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
    Synonyms: εθελοντικός (ethelontikós), εθελούσιος (etheloúsios), οικειοθελής (oikeiothelís)
    Antonym: ακούσιος (akoúsios)

Declension

Declension of εκούσιος
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative εκούσιος (ekoúsios) εκούσια (ekoúsia) εκούσιο (ekoúsio) εκούσιοι (ekoúsioi) εκούσιες (ekoúsies) εκούσια (ekoúsia)
genitive εκούσιου (ekoúsiou) εκούσιας (ekoúsias) εκούσιου (ekoúsiou) εκούσιων (ekoúsion) εκούσιων (ekoúsion) εκούσιων (ekoúsion)
accusative εκούσιο (ekoúsio) εκούσια (ekoúsia) εκούσιο (ekoúsio) εκούσιους (ekoúsious) εκούσιες (ekoúsies) εκούσια (ekoúsia)
vocative εκούσιε (ekoúsie) εκούσια (ekoúsia) εκούσιο (ekoúsio) εκούσιοι (ekoúsioi) εκούσιες (ekoúsies) εκούσια (ekoúsia)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ εκούσιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language