ἐθελοντής
See also: εθελοντής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐθελοντήρ (ethelontḗr) — Epic
Etymology
From ἐθέλω (ethélō) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.tʰe.lon.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.tʰe.lonˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.θe.lonˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.θe.lonˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.θe.lonˈdis/
Noun
ἐθελοντής • (ethelontḗs) m (genitive ἐθελοντοῦ); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐθελοντής ho ethelontḗs |
τὼ ἐθελοντᾱ́ tṑ ethelontā́ |
οἱ ἐθελονταί hoi ethelontaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐθελοντοῦ toû ethelontoû |
τοῖν ἐθελονταῖν toîn ethelontaîn |
τῶν ἐθελοντῶν tôn ethelontôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐθελοντῇ tōî ethelontēî |
τοῖν ἐθελονταῖν toîn ethelontaîn |
τοῖς ἐθελονταῖς toîs ethelontaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐθελοντήν tòn ethelontḗn |
τὼ ἐθελοντᾱ́ tṑ ethelontā́ |
τοὺς ἐθελοντᾱ́ς toùs ethelontā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐθελοντᾰ́ ethelontắ |
ἐθελοντᾱ́ ethelontā́ |
ἐθελονταί ethelontaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: εθελοντής (ethelontís)
Further reading
- ἐθελοντής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐθελοντής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἐθελοντής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐθελοντής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- free will idem, page 343.
- recruit idem, page 684.
- unsolicited idem, page 932.
- voluntarily idem, page 956.
- voluntary idem, page 956.
- volunteer idem, page 956.
- willing idem, page 979.