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ἀεκούσιος

aekousios

against the will, constrained

Appears 44 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀεκούσιος, ον (also α, ον Luc. Syr.D. 18), Ion. and Ep. (also in anap., S. Tr. 1263); Att. contr. ἀκούσιος [ᾱ], ον, also in Democr. 240:—A. against the will, constrained, of acts or their consequences, καὶ τῷ οὔ κως ἀεκ. ἐγίνετο τὸ ποιεύμενον Hdt. 2.162; τλήσομαι . . ἀεκούσια πολλὰ βίαια Thgn. 1343; ἐς ἀ. ἀνάγκας πίπτειν Th. 3.82; πόνοι Democr. l.c.; often in Att. of involuntary offences, ἀ. φόνος Antipho 3.2.6; πράκτορες τῶν ἀκουσίων ib., cf. Pl. Lg. 733d, 864a, Arist. EN 1109b35, al.; τὰ μὲν ἀ. ἁπλῇ, τὰ δὲ ἑκούσια διπλῇ IG 1.1. Adv. -ίως D. 21.43, Sever. ap. Eus. PE 13.17. II. of persons, only in Adv. ἀκουσίως involuntarily, Th. 2.8, Pl. Ti. 62c; ἀ. ἀποθανεῖν, opp. ἑκουσίως ἀποκτείνειν, Antipho 1.5; ἀ. τινὶ ἀφῖχθαι to have come as an unwelcome guest, Th. 3.31.
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