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ε531Ἑκοντίwillingly… final acute accent because of the enclitic ge. For the proverb (glossed as "in reference to those doing something under duress") see Appendix Proverbiorum 2.51.Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἑκοντί

willingly

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

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