ἐθέλω

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 [with infinitive ‘to do something’]
    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

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐθέλεχθρος (ethélekhthros)
  • ἐθελόδουλος (ethelódoulos)
  • ἐθελόκακος (ethelókakos)
  • ἐθελοκίνδυνος (ethelokíndunos)
  • ἐθελόκωφος (ethelókōphos)
  • ἐθελοντηδόν (ethelontēdón)
  • ἐθελοντήν (ethelontḗn)
  • ἐθελοντήρ (ethelontḗr)
  • ἐθελοντής (ethelontḗs)
  • ἐθελοντί (ethelontí)
  • ἐθελόντως (ethelóntōs)
  • ἐθελόπονος (ethelóponos)
  • ἐθελουργός (ethelourgós)
  • ἐθελούσιος (etheloúsios)
  • συνεθέλω (sunethélō)
  • ἀθέλητος (athélētos)
  • ἐθελημός (ethelēmós)
  • ἐθελήμων (ethelḗmōn)
  • θέλεος (théleos)
  • θέλημα (thélēma)
  • θελημός (thelēmós)
  • θελήμων (thelḗmōn)
  • θέλησις (thélēsis)
  • θελητής (thelētḗs)
  • θελητός (thelētós)

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