ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν:
(ϝέκ- [[ “IG” 9(1).334.12 (_Locrian dialect_), “GDI” 5131b (from Crete), compare γεκαθά] Refs]; cf. Sanskrit váśmi 'wish'):—readily, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.649, etc.; frequently contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.43; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑ. ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; ἑκόνθ᾽ ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ συμπαραστατεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 220; πάρειμι δ᾽ ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 276; ἑκόντα μήτ᾽ ἄκοντα [prev. author] “Ph.” 771; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών [prev. author] “OC” 935 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑ. παρ᾽ ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.44; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.171. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἡμάρτανε φωτός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372, etc.; σφόδρ᾽ ἑκὼν.. ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.13. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 in Attic dialect Prose [[compare (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 241), ἑ. εἶναι] Refs 2nd c.AD+] as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one, with a negative, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104, 8.116, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 37a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 499c ] Refs]; or in a sentence implying a negative, θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ.. τις ἑκὼν εἶναι (perhaps delendum).. ἀφικνεῖτα; [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 646b: once affirmative, ἑκὼν εἶναι.. οἴχετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]