εἶκον
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἑκούσιον
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
hekousios
English translation (word)
willing
Transliteration (Etymon)
eikon
English translation (etymon)
yielding
Century
4 BC
Source
Id.
Ref.
Cratylus 420d5-7
Ed.
Burnet, Platonis Opera, Oxford UP, 1903
Translation (En)
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
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).
Entry By
Chriti
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.