προθυμία

• προθῡμίη (prothūmíē) — Ionic

From πρόθῡμος (próthūmos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

προθῡμίᾱ • (prothūmíā) f (genitive προθῡμίᾱς); first declension

1. readiness, willingness, eagerness, zeal
2. goodwill, ready kindness

• 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 8:12:

  εἰ γὰρ ἡ προθυμία πρόκειται, καθὸ ἐὰν ἔχῃ τις, εὐπρόσδεκτος οὐ καθὸ οὐκ ἔχει.

  ei gàr hē prothumía prókeitai, kathò eàn ékhēi tis, euprósdektos ou kathò ouk ékhei.

  • Translation by KJV

    For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

• προθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• προθυμία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “προθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “προθυμία”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• G4288 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • activity idem, page 10.
  • alacrity idem, page 21.
  • alertness idem, page 22.
  • animation idem, page 30.
  • anxiety idem, page 32.
  • ardour idem, page 39.
  • avidity idem, page 55.
  • cheerfulness idem, page 128.
  • cordiality idem, page 174.
  • dash idem, page 196.
  • demonstrativeness idem, page 210.
  • devotion idem, page 221.
  • diligence idem, page 224.
  • eagerness idem, page 258.
  • ecstasy idem, page 261.
  • effort idem, page 263.
  • effusion idem, page 263.
  • energy idem, page 273.
  • enterprise idem, page 277.
  • enthusiasm idem, page 277.
  • exertion idem, page 291.
  • fervour idem, page 316.
  • fire idem, page 322.
  • forwardness idem, page 340.
  • heartiness idem, page 392.
  • heat idem, page 392.
  • impetuosity idem, page 421.
  • industry idem, page 435.
  • keenness idem, page 467.
  • passion idem, page 597.
  • promptitude idem, page 653.
  • push idem, page 660.
  • rapture idem, page 672.
  • readiness idem, page 675.
  • rush idem, page 727.
  • sedulousness idem, page 748.
  • spontaneity idem, page 804.
  • strenuousness idem, page 825.
  • studiousness idem, page 829.
  • vehemence idem, page 946.
  • vigour idem, page 952.
  • warmth idem, page 964.
  • willingness idem, page 980.
  • zeal idem, page 997.
  • zest idem, page 997.

From Ancient Greek προθῡμίᾱ (prothūmíā). By surface analysis, πρόθυμος (próthymos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

• IPA^(key): /pro.θiˈmi.a/

προθυμία • (prothymía) f (uncountable)

1. willingness, readiness

   Antonym: απροθυμία (aprothymía)

• see: πρόθυμος (próthymos, “willing, ready”, adjective)

• προθυμία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language