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ἐθέλω or θέλω (v. infr.), Ep. subj.
A.ἐθέλωμιIl.1.549,9.397: impf. “ἤθελον14.120, etc.; Ep. and Lyr. “ἔθελον6.336, Thgn.606, B.10.73; Ion. “ἐθέλεσκονIl.13.106, Hdt.6.12: fut. “ἐθελήσωIl.18.262, etc.; “θελήσωAntipho 5.99: aor. 1 “ἠθέλησαHdt.2.2, etc.; Ep. “ἐθέλησαIl.18.396; imper. “θέλησονA.Pr.783; subj. θελήσῃ ib. 1028, X.Cyr.2.4.19, etc.; opt. “θελήσαιμιS.OC1133; part. “θελήσαςId.OT649 (lyr.): pf. “ἠθέληκαX.Cyr.5.2.9, Aeschin.2.139, D.47.5; τεθέληκα (Alexandrian acc. to Phryn.307) LXXPs.40(41).12, Phld.Rh.2.76 S., S.E.M.2.37: plpf. “ἠθελήκειX.HG6.5.21; “ἐτεθελήκεσανD.C.44.26 codd. (elsewh. ἠθελήκεσαν as 46.47):—θέλω is never found in Hom. or Hes. exc. Il.1.277 (dub.), “ὅττι θέλοιενOd.15.317 as v.l. (“ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλοιενAristarch.), nor in Aeol.; rarely in early Ep. and Eleg., “θέλοιh.Ap.46, “θέλειSol.27.12; but is found in Ion. Inscrr., SIG45.16 (Halic., v B.C.), 1037.7 (Milet., iv B.C.), and in Semon.7.13, Hippon.22 B, Anacr.92:— both forms in codd. of Hdt. and Hp. and in Heraclit. and Democr., also in Pi. and B.: Trag. never use ἐθέλω exc. in augmented forms, ἤθελον, -ησα: Com.never use θέλω exc. in phrases such as ἢν θεὸς θέλῃ, εἰ θεὸς θέλοι, Ar.Pl.347, Ra.533, or parodies of Trag.: early Att. Inscrr, have “ἐθέλωIG12.6.41, etc., till 250 B.C., when θέλω becomes common: Att. Prose writers rarely use θέλω exc. in phrases such as “ἂν θεὸς θέλῃDin.2.3 or after a long vowel, e.g. “μὴ θελῆσαιTh.5.72, “μὴ θελήσαςIs. 8.11, “μὴ θέλονταςAnd.1.22, “τῷ θέλοντιId.4.7, etc.; but “θέλωAntipho 3.4.3, “θελήσουσινId.5.99: in later Gr. θέλω is regular exc. in the augmented forms; ἐθέλω is not found in LXX or NT:—to be willing (of consent rather than desire, v. βούλομαι 1), but also generally, wish, Od.3.324:—Constr.: abs., esp. in part., ἐθέλων ἐθέλουσαν ἀνήγαγεν ib.272; “εἰ σύ γε σῷ θυμῷ ἐθέλοιςIl.23.894; “ἀλλά μοι ἤθελε θυμόςOd.11.566: freq. folld. by inf. pres. or aor., wish to . . , Il.7.364, etc.: with inf. supplied, εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλεις πεζός (sc. ἰέναι) Od.3.324: c. acc. et inf., wish that . . , Il.19.274, Hdt.1.3; rarely folld. by ὥστε, E.Hipp.1327: later c. ἵνα, Ev.Matt.7.12, etc.: not used c. acc. only, exc. when an inf. is easily supplied, εὔκηλος τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ᾽ ἐθέλῃσθα (sc. φράζεσθαι) Il.1.554, cf. 9.397,7.182, Od.14.172; σιτέονται δὲ οὐκ ὅσα ἐθέλουσι (sc. σιτέεσθαι) Hdt.1.71, cf. Th.5.50; εἰ καὶ τῆς ἀξίας ἔλαττον ἐθελήσειέ τις (sc. φράσαι) Jul.Or.1.132a: also with neut. Pron. or Adj., τί δὴ θέλων; with what intent? A.Pr.118.
3. part., ἐθέλων or θέλων willingly, gladly, Od.3.272, etc. (also “πιθοῦ θελήσαςS.OT649 (lyr.)); οὐκ ἐθέλων, = ἀεκών, Il.4.300; with Art. like βουλόμενος, whoever will, i.e. any one, S.Ph.619, Aj.1146, Pl. Grg.508c, etc.
4. θέλεις οὐ θέλεις nolens volens, Arr.Epict.3.9.16; θέλει οὐ θέλει ib.3.3, M.Ant.11.15.
5. μὴ ἔθελε, c. inf., do not, Il.1.277,2.247, E.Fr.174.
6. εἰ θέλεις if you please, S.OT343.
7. folld. by subj., τί σοι θέλεις δῆτ᾽ εἰκάθω; in what wilt thou that I give way to thee? ib.651 (lyr.); θέλεις μείνωμεν αὐτοῦ; Id.El.80.
8. maintain, hold, c. acc. et inf., Plu.2.883e, Paus.1.4.6.
9. delight in, love, “ἔν τινιLXX 1 Ki.18.22; τινά ib.Ps.17(18).20; but οἱ κακῶς τινὰς θέλοντες their ill-wishers, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.234.
II. of inanimate things (cf. supr. 1.2),
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