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daily life1
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dialects, grammar, and etymology1
epic1
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Ε epsilon1

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high1

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Short1

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Joseph Grabau1

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daily life1
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Ε epsilon1

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high1

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Short1

Translator

Joseph Grabau1

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ε531Ἑκοντίwillingly[1] Likewise in other lexica. The headword is an adverb related to e(kw/n; cf. epsilon 310. [2] Homer, Iliad 4.43 (web address 1), again at epsilon 549; see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …Matched in noteshighshort

ε531

Ἑκοντί

willingly

[Meaning] voluntarily. And [there is] a proverb: "willing but with an unwilling heart."

Ἑκοντί· ἐθελοντί. καὶ παροιμία· ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ.