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Headword:
Ἐθελοντής
Adler number: epsilon,309
Translated headword: willing
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Wishing. Or capable.[1]
Xenophon [writes]: "[he thought it best] to ask whether there was anyone who might wish to be proved a brave man, for having willingly undertaken the advance action."[2] "Having taken from the whole army those who were willing."[3]
Ἐθελοντίους is also used. "He expected that the Arabs would willingly agree."[4]
Ἐθελοντής: βουλόμενος. ἢ χωρητός. Ξενοφῶν: διερωτᾶν, εἴ τίς ἐστιν, ὅστις ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐθέλοι ἂν γενέσθαι, ὑποστὰς ἐθελοντὴς πορεύεσθαι. προσλαβὼν ἐθελοντὰς ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ στρατεύματος. λέγεται καὶ Ἐθελοντίους. προσεδόκησεν ἐθελοντίους τοὺς Ἀραβίους ὁμολογήσειν.
Notes:
See also
epsilon 308.
[1] Other lexica also have these glosses.
[2]
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.1.26.
[3]
Xenophon,
Anabasis 4.1.27.
[3] Accusative plural of
ἐθελόντιος :
Cassius Dio 75.12.2.
Translated by: George Mallon on 3 July 2006@15:46:04.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, reference, status) on 3 July 2006@19:54:06.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords) on 5 July 2006@04:56:24.
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