- ἐθέλω
- ἐθέλωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `want'.Other forms: with aphairesis θέλω (Aeol. Ion. Hell.; in Hom. only ο 317; see Debrunner Festschrift Zucker 87ff.), aor. (ἐ)θελῆσαι, fut. (ἐ)θελήσω (Il.), perf. ἠθέληκα (X.), τεθέληκα (hell.)Compounds: As 1. member in ἐθελο-κακέω `do wrong deliberately, play the coward deliberately' (Hdt.) with ἐθελοκάκησις (Plb.), cf. μνησι-κακέω a. o.; ἐθελό-δουλος `voluntary slave' with -δουλεία (Pl.), ἐθέλ-εχθρος (Crat.) etc. EN Έθελο-κράτης a. o. (inscr.).Derivatives: (ἐ)θελημός `voluntary' (Hes.), (ἐ)θελήμων `id.' (Pl.) with ἐθελημοσύναι pl. (PMag. Par.); θέλημα `will' (Antipho Soph.; θελήμη Theognost.) with θελημάτιον; -τικός, θέλησις, -ητής, -ητός (LXX usw.). - From ἐθελοντ- : ἐθελοντής `volunteer' (Hdt.) with -τήν adv. (Hdt.); rare θελοντής (Hdt. v. l.); Hom. has ἐθελοντῆρας (β 292); ἐθελούσιος `voluntary' (X., after ἑκούσιος). Adv. ἐθελοντί, -τηδόν `voluntarily' (Th.), ἐθελόντως (sch.). - Isolated θέλεος ἀθέλεος `volens nolens' (A. Supp. 862 [lyr.]), poet. formation after the adj. in -εος.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [489] *h₁gʷʰel- `will'Etymology: (ἐ)θέλω is a primary thematic pres. ind, which has -η- in all non-present forms. To OCS želéjǫ, -ěti `wish, desire', from *h₁gʷʰel-. (Not to φαλίζει θέλει H.; before e one expects a dental).Page in Frisk: 1,447-448
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.