εἶκον

Validation

Yes

Word-form

ἑκούσιον

Transliteration (Word)

hekousios

English translation (word)

willing

Transliteration (Etymon)

eikon

English translation (etymon)

yielding

Author

Plato

Century

4 BC

Source

Id.

Ref.

Cratylus 420d5-7

Ed.

Burnet, Platonis Opera, Oxford UP, 1903

Other translation(s)

Modern Greek: και με τη λέξη "εκούσιο" εκφράζεται αυτό που είναι πρόθυμο και δεν αντιτίθεται αλλά, όπως λέω, υποκύπτει στην κίνηση τη σύμφωνη με τη θέληση

Comment

The etymology relies on the vague phonetic similarity between [hek] and [eik], and, from the semantic point of view, on the common notion of absence of resistance.

Modern etymology

Chantraine (1970, 331): From “ἑκών”, meaning ‘the one who acts voluntarily’

Persistence in Modern Greek

"Εκούσιος" is still used in Modern Greek with the same meaning, i.e., 'voluntary' (Triandafyllidis Dictionary of MG).

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