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Ἐθελοντηδόν · spontaneously, voluntarily (ε 307) · 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 ε307

ε303voluntary evildoing
ε304wilfully doing wrong
ε305wilfully-deaf
ε306volunteers
ε307spontaneously, voluntarily
ε308willingly
ε309willing
ε310voluntarily, willingly
ε311voluntary proxenos

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε307

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Ἐθελοντηδόν

spontaneously, voluntarily

Translated by David Whitehead13 May 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology
historiography

1 note · 8 words

Translation

Thucydides [sc. uses this adverb],¹ [spelled] with eta.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐθελοντηδόν· Θουκυδίδης, διὰ τοῦ η.

Betacode

*)eqelonthdo/n: *qoukudi/dhs, dia\ tou= h.

Notes (1)

[1] Also in Photius; referring to Thucydides 8.98.2 (web address 1).

2This extra point is made to avoid the spelling of epsilon 310. (Contrast epsilon 308.)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

ε308ἘθελοντήνwillinglyAn adverb. "Willingly enduring the perilous dangers." Polybius [writes]: "for those wishing to endure every danger willingly." And elsewhere: "out of the whole army he picked [as marines] the best men [who] willingly…
ε309Ἐθελοντήςwilling[Meaning he who is] wishing. Or capable. Xenophon [writes]: "[he thought it best] to ask whether there was anyone who might wish to be proved a brave man, for having willingly undertaken the advance action." "Having…
ε310Ἐθελοντίvoluntarily, willinglyAn adverb.

Neighbouring entries

ε305Ἐθελοκώφωνwilfully-deaf ε306Ἐθελονταίvolunteers ε307Ἐθελοντηδόνspontaneously, voluntarily ε308Ἐθελοντήνwillingly ε309Ἐθελοντήςwilling

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Aug 2012

1 Aug 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
31 Jul 2012augmented notes — David Whitehead
29 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
4 Jun 2003added x-refs — David Whitehead
4 Jun 2003added link, set status — William Hutton
13 May 2003Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐθελοντηδόν (Adler number epsilon 307), trans. David Whitehead, 13 May 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/307

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