ἐθέλω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁gʷʰel- (to wish). Cognates include Proto-Slavic *želěti (to wish, want) (whence Old Church Slavonic желѣти (želěti)).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐθέλω (ethélō)

  1. usually weaker than βούλομαι (boúlomai), of consent rather than desire: (intransitive) to be willing, to wish
    1. (Koine) to want, wish
  2. (with negative) to not care to, be unable
  3. (of inanimate objects)
    1. expressing future; to will, shall
    2. to be naturally disposed; to be wont, accustomed

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: θέλω (thélo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐθέλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 377

Further reading

  • ἐθέλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἐθέλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἐθέλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐθέλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἐθέλω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter