ἐθέλω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
ἐσθλός
Transliteration (Word)
esthlos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
ethelō
Century
3 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Quaestionum Homericarum ad Iliadem pertinentium reliquiae, 17, 143
Ed.
H. Schrader, Porphyrii quaestionum Homericarum ad Iliadem pertinentium reliquiae, Leipzig: Teubner, 1880.
Quotation
φύξηλις ἐστὶν ὁ φεύγων τὰς ἴλας, δειλὸς δὲ ὁ δεδιὼς τὰς ἴλας, μενεδήιος δὲ ὁ ὑπομένων τὴν δηιοτῆτα, ἐσθλὸς δὲ ὁ ἐθελοντὴς μαχόμενος, οἱονεὶ ἐθελός. ὁ δὲ ἐναντίος οὐκ ἐθέλεσκε μάχην ἀπὸ τείχεος ὀρνύμεν Ἕκτωρ (Ι 353), ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐχ ὑπέμεινεν ἄποθεν τῶν τειχῶν μάχεσθαι