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Ἐθελοντήν · willingly (ε 308) · 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 ε308

ε304wilfully doing wrong
ε305wilfully-deaf
ε306volunteers
ε307spontaneously, voluntarily
ε308willingly
ε309willing
ε310voluntarily, willingly
ε311voluntary proxenos
ε312willing to work, industrious

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε308

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Ἐθελοντήν

willingly

Translated by George Mallon3 Jul 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

biography
dialects, grammar, and etymology
historiography
history
military affairs
rhetoric

4 notes · 34 words

Translation

An adverb.¹
"Willingly enduring the perilous dangers."²
Polybius [writes]: "for those wishing to endure every danger willingly."³
And elsewhere: "out of the whole army he picked [as marines] the best men [who] willingly [volunteered]."⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐθελοντήν· ἐπίρρημα. τοὺς παραβόλους κινδύνους ἐθελοντὴν ἀναδεδεγμένος. καὶ Πολύβιος· τοῖς βουλομένοις πάντα κίνδυνον ἐθελοντὴν ὑπομένειν. καὶ αὖθις· ἐκ παντὸς ἐπέλεξε τοῦ στρατεύματος ἐθελοντὴν τοὺς ἀρίστους.

Betacode

*)eqelonth/n: e)pi/rrhma. tou\s parabo/lous kindu/nous e)qelonth\n a)nadedegme/nos. kai\ *polu/bios: toi=s boulome/nois pa/nta ki/ndunon e)qelonth\n u(pome/nein. kai\ au)=qis: e)k panto\s e)pe/lece tou= strateu/matos e)qelonth\n tou\s a)ri/stous.

Notes (4)

The headword is illustrated by all three of the quotations given. (It is indeed a particular favourite of Polybius, but occurs first in Herodotus, Xenophon, Lysias and Isaeus.)
1For related ones see epsilon 307, epsilon 310. ↩
2Polybius fr. 129 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 531) that Tittmann (p. 625) attributed this fragment to Polybius. ↩
3Polybius fr. 34 Büttner-Wobst. ↩
4An approximation of Polybius 1.49.5, describing Rome's swift renewal of its Sicilian naval squadron under Publius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 249 BCE.

References

T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
J. Tittmann, ed., Iohannis Zonarae Lexicon, vol. I, (Leipzig 1808)

Linked from3 entries

ε307Ἐθελοντηδόνspontaneously, voluntarilyThucydides [sc. uses this adverb], [spelled] with eta.
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

ε306Ἐθελονταίvolunteers ε307Ἐθελοντηδόνspontaneously, voluntarily ε308Ἐθελοντήνwillingly ε309Ἐθελοντήςwilling ε310Ἐθελοντίvoluntarily, willingly

Revision history6 revisions · last 20 Aug 2018

20 Aug 2018my typos: previously modified n.2 and n.3 — Ronald Allen
20 Aug 2018expanded n.1, added bibliography, cosmeticule n.2 — Ronald Allen
7 Dec 2015added primary note and another keyword — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2012tweaks — David Whitehead
5 Jul 2006tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
3 Jul 2006added references and another keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
3 Jul 2006Translated — George Mallon

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐθελοντήν (Adler number epsilon 308), trans. George Mallon, 3 Jul 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/308

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