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Ἐθελοκακῆσαι · to do evil wilfully (ε 302) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε302

ε298might wish
ε299will [not] be willing
ε300voluntary servitude
ε301worships by choice
ε302to do evil wilfully
ε303voluntary evildoing
ε304wilfully doing wrong
ε305wilfully-deaf
ε306volunteers

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε302

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Ἐθελοκακῆσαι

to do evil wilfully

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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3 notes · 36 words

Translation

[Meaning] to chose evil intentionally.¹
Also [sc. attested is] e)qelokakou=nta ["him doing evil wilfully"],² [meaning] him intentionally choosing evil. "[...] that he was doing evil wilfully in his course and was caught persisting [sc. in this]."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐθελοκακῆσαι· ἑκουσίως ἑλέσθαι τὸ κακόν. καὶ Ἐθελοκακοῦντα, ἑκουσίως τὸ κακὸν αἱρούμενον. ἐθελοκακοῦντα αὐτὸν περὶ τὴν πορείαν καὶ καταληφθῆναι παραμένοντα.

Betacode

*)eqelokakh=sai: e(kousi/ws e(le/sqai to\ kako/n. kai\ *)eqelokakou=nta, e(kousi/ws to\ kako\n ai(rou/menon. e)qelokakou=nta au)to\n peri\ th\n porei/an kai\ katalhfqh=nai parame/nonta.

Notes (3)

cf. generally epsilon 303, epsilon 304.
1Aorist infinitive(s). ↩
2Present participle, here in the masculine accusative singular as determined by the quotation which follows. ↩
3Quotation unidentifiable.

Linked from3 entries

ε303Ἐθελοκακίαvoluntary evildoing[no gloss]
ε304Ἐθελοκάκωςwilfully doing wrong[Meaning] intentionally choosing evil. Appian [writes]: "the army was unwilling to obey the general because of a grudge. They intentionally fought badly and fled, bandaging their bodies as if they had been wounded. They…
ε801Ἑλέσθαιto choose[Meaning] to wish.

Neighbouring entries

ε300Ἐθελοδουλίαvoluntary servitude ε301Ἐθελοθρησκεῖworships by choice ε302Ἐθελοκακῆσαιto do evil wilfully ε303Ἐθελοκακίαvoluntary evildoing ε304Ἐθελοκάκωςwilfully doing wrong

Revision history4 revisions · last 30 Jul 2012

30 Jul 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
13 Mar 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
20 Dec 2005typo — Catharine Roth
20 Dec 2005added notes and more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐθελοκακῆσαι (Adler number epsilon 302), trans. Catharine Roth, 19 Dec 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/302

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗