[45] Ἤθελεν: (with neg.) “had no mind” (=had not the power). “ἐθέλειν” implies a desire to do what is, or seems to be, in one's power to do, and so is often practically equivalent to “δύνασθαι”. Cf. Il. 9.353 “, Φ” 366.
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