ἀέκων

• involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο Il. 1.310; ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ 4.43; πόλλʼ ἀέκων 11.557; opp. βουλόμενος, Hp. VC 11; τὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (v.l. ἄκοντε) Il. 5.366, Od. 3.484; κάρτα ἀ. Hdt. 9.111; ἀέκουσι (v.l. ἀεκούσια) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ Hp. Epid. 1.[3.]19: contr. first in h.Cer. 413; ἄκοντος Διός invito Jove, A. Pr. 771; repeated, ἄκοντά σʼ ἄκων προσπασσαλεύσω ib. 19, cf. 671; ἄ. ἀκούειν οὓς ἑκὼν εἶπεν λόγους S. Fr. 929, cf. Ant. 276; μηδένα τῶνδʼ ἀέκοντα μένειν κατέρυκε Thgn. 467. Adv. ἀκόντως unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν Pl. Prt. 333b, cf. Hp.Mi. 374d; οὐκ ἀ. ἀλλὰ προθύμως ἐπείσθησαν X. HG 4.8.5.
• • II Poet., like ἀκούσιος, of acts or their consequences, involuntary, κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ. S. OT 1230; ἔργων ἀ. Id. OC 240 (lyr.), cf. 977.

-ουσα(ἀϝέκων)[ἀ-1 + (ϝ)εκών.]

• • 1

    Acting against one’s will, unwilling, yielding to force, compulsion or necessity: ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο Il. 1.301, ἀέκοντε βάτην 327. Cf. Il. 1.348, 430, Il. 4.43, Il. 5.164, 366, 768, Il. 7.197, Il. 8.45, Il. 10.530, Il. 11.281, 519, 557, 716, Il. 13.367, Il. 14.105, Il. 15.186, Il. 16.204, 369, Il. 17.112, 666, Il. 18.240, Il. 19.273, Il. 21.59, Il. 22.400: ἐρυκανόωσʼ ἀέκοντα Od. 1.199. Cf. Od. 1.403, Od. 2.130, Od. 3.484 = 494 = Od. 15.192, Od. 4.463, 646, Od. 7.315, Od. 9.405, Od. 10.266, 489, Od. 15.200, Od. 19.374, Od. 20.343, Od. 21.348.

  • 2

    Not having one’s desire, desiring something different: Τρωσὶν ἀέκουσιν ἔδυ φάος Il. 8.487.

  • 3

    Acting without intention: εἰ κινήσῃ ἀ. Il. 16.264.

• 1unwilling ὡς Αὐγέαν λάτριον ἀ͜έκονθʼ ἑκὼν μισθὸν ὑπέρβιον πράσσοιτο O. 10.29 Καδμεῖοί νιν οὐκ ἀέκοντες ἄνθεσι μείγνυον N. 4.21 ]ου στρατὸς οὐκ ἀέκ[ων (supp. Lobel) fr. 169. 52.

• • Iagainst oneʼs will, unwilling, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο Il.; πόλλʼ ἀέκων, Virgilʼs multa reluctans, Il.; ἄκοντος Διός, invito Jove, Aesch., Xen.:—adv. ἀκόντως, unwillingly, Plat.
  • IIlike ἀκούσιος, of acts, involuntary, ἔργα Soph.