Ἑκόντων εἶναι

[Meaning] as they were willing.¹ "They crossed the Ister, with the Iouthoungoi having granted free passage, as far as it concerned them, out of hatred for the Romans."²
Also [sc. attested is] e(kw/n ge ei)=nai ["as far as it depended on his will"]. "He was deceived about his wife, as far as it depended on his will [i.e. willingly]."³