πρόθυμος

προ- (pro-) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “spirit”)

πρόθῡμος • (próthūmos) m or f (neuter πρόθῡμον); second declension

1. eager, willing

The thing for which someone is eager is expressed in the genitive case or with a preposition such as εἰς (eis), ἐπί (epí), or πρός (prós):

• 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 3:

  ὧν πρόθυμος ἦσθ’ ἀεί

  hôn próthumos êsth’ aeí

  for which you are always eager

• 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 208–209:

  ὡς ἐὰν γένῃ
  ἀνὴρ πρόθυμος αὐτὸς ἐς τὰ πράγματα

  hōs eàn génēi
  anḕr próthumos autòs es tà prágmata […]

  because if you yourself become a man eager about these matters

• ⇒ Greek: πρόθυμος (próthymos)

• “πρόθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρόθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Ancient Greek πρόθυμος (próthumos)

πρόθυμος • (próthymos) m (feminine πρόθυμη, neuter πρόθυμο)

1. willing, ready

   Antonym: απρόθυμος (apróthymos)

• πρόθυμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language