ἐθέλω
or θέλω (see. below), Epic dialect subjunctive ἐθέλωμι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.549, 9.397 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἤθελον [[ 14.120, etc.] Refs]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἔθελον [[ 6.336, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 606, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.73 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἐθέλεσκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.106, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἐθελήσω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.262, etc.; θελήσω 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.99 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἠθέλησα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐθέλησα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.396; _imperative_ θέλησον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 783 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive θελήσῃ[[ [prev. work] 1028, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.19, etc.; _optative_ θελήσαιμι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1133 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle θελήσας [[ [prev. author] “OT” 649 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]: perfect ἠθέληκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.9, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.139, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεθέληκα (Alexandrian accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 307) LXX.Psa.40(41).12, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.76 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 2.37 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἠθελήκει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.21; ἐτεθελήκεσαν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.26 codices (elsewhere ἠθελήκεσαν as 46.47):—θέλω is never found in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus except 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.277 (uncertain), ὅττι θέλοιεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.317 as variant (ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλοιεν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], nor in Aeolic dialect; rarely in early Epic dialect and Eleg., θέλοι [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 46, θέλει 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 27.12 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; but is found in Ionic dialect Inscrr., [[ “SIG” 45.16 (Halic., 5th c.BC), 1037.7 (Milet., 4th c.BC), and in 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.13, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 22 B, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 92 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:— both forms in codices of [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus and in 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus and 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, also in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus and 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: Trag. never use ἐθέλω except in augmented forms, ἤθελον, -ησα: Comedy texts never use θέλω except in phrases such as ἢν θεὸς θέλῃ, εἰ θεὸς θέλοι, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 347, “Ra.” 533 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], or parodies of Trag.: early Attic dialect Inscrr, have ἐθέλω [[ “IG” 12.6.41, etc., till 3rd c.BC, when θέλω becomes common: _Attic dialect_ Prose writers rarely use θέλω] Refs 3rd c.BC+] except in phrases such as ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] or after a long vowel, e.g. μὴ θελῆσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.72, μὴ θελήσας 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.11, μὴ θέλοντας 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.22, τῷ θέλοντι [prev. author] 4.7, etc.; but θέλω 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.3, θελήσουσιν [prev. author] 5.99: in later Gr. θέλω] Refs 5th c.BC+] is regular except in the augmented forms; ἐθέλω is not found in LXX or NT:—to be willing (of consent rather than desire, see at {βούλομαι} 1), but also generally, wish, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.324:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Constr.: _absolutely_, especially in participle, ἐθέλων ἐθέλουσαν ἀνήγαγεν[[ [prev. work] 272; εἰ σύ γε σῷ θυμῷ ἐθέλοις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.894; ἀλλά μοι ἤθελε θυμός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.566 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently followed by infinitive present or aorist, wish to.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.364, etc.: with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive supplied, εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλεις πεζός (i.e. ἰέναι) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.324 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, wish that.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.274, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely followed by ὥστε, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1327: later with ἵνα, NT.Matt.7.12, etc.: not used with _accusative_ only, except when an ] NT+5th c.BC+]infinitive is easily supplied, εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα (i.e. φράζεσθαι) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.554, compare 9.397, 7.182, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.172 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σιτέονται δὲ οὐκ ὅσα ἐθέλουσι (i.e. σιτέεσθαι) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ καὶ τῆς ἀξίας ἔλαττον ἐθελήσειέ τις (i.e. φράσαι) [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.132a: also with _neuter_ _pronoun_ or ] Refs 4th c.AD+] adjective, τί δὴ θέλω; with what intent? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 118. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]