πρόθυμος

Ancient Greek

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

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

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 […]

Second declension of πρόθῡμος; πρόθῡμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πρόθῡμος próthūmos	πρόθῡμον próthūmon	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	πρόθῡμοι próthūmoi	πρόθῡμᾰ próthūmă
Genitive	προθῡ́μου prothū́mou	προθῡ́μου prothū́mou	προθῡ́μοιν prothū́moin	προθῡ́μοιν prothū́moin	προθῡ́μων prothū́mōn	προθῡ́μων prothū́mōn
Dative	προθῡ́μῳ prothū́mōi	προθῡ́μῳ prothū́mōi	προθῡ́μοιν prothū́moin	προθῡ́μοιν prothū́moin	προθῡ́μοις prothū́mois	προθῡ́μοις prothū́mois
Accusative	πρόθῡμον próthūmon	πρόθῡμον próthūmon	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	προθῡ́μους prothū́mous	πρόθῡμᾰ próthūmă
Vocative	πρόθῡμε próthūme	πρόθῡμον próthūmon	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	προθῡ́μω prothū́mō	πρόθῡμοι próthūmoi	πρόθῡμᾰ próthūmă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	προθῡ́μως prothū́mōs		προθῡμότερος prothūmóteros		προθῡμότᾰτος prothūmótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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