A). ἐθέλωμι Il. 1.549 , 9.397 : impf. ἤθελον 14.120 , etc.; Ep. and Lyr. ἔθελον 6.336 , Thgn. 606 , B. 10.73 ; Ion. ἐθέλεσκον Il. 13.106 , Hdt. 6.12 : fut. ἐθελήσω Il. 18.262 , etc.; θελήσω Antipho 5.99 : aor. 1 ἠθέλησα Hdt. 2.2 , etc.; Ep. ἐθέλησα Il. 18.396 ; imper. θέλησον A. Pr. 783 ; subj. θελήσῃ ib. 1028 , X. Cyr. 2.4.19 , etc.; opt. θελήσαιμι S. OC 1133 ; part. θελήσας Id. OT 649 (lyr.): pf. ἠθέληκα X. Cyr. 5.2.9 , Aeschin. 2.139 , D. 47.5 ; τεθέληκα (Alexandrian acc. to Phryn. 307 ) LXX Ps. 40(41).12 , Phld. Rh. 2.76 S., S.E. M. 2.37 : plpf. ἠθελήκει X. HG 6.5.21 ; ἐτεθελήκεσαν D.C. 44.26 codd. (elsewh. ἠθελήκεσαν as 46.47 ):—θέλω is never found in Hom. or Hes. exc. Il. 1.277 (dub.), ὅττι θέλοιεν Od. 15.317 as v.l.( ἅσσ’ ἐθέλοιεν Aristarch. ), nor in Aeol.; rarely in early Ep. and Eleg., θέλοι h.Ap. 46 , θέλει Sol. 27.12 ; but is found in Ion. Inscrr., SIG 45.16 (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 ἐθέλω IG 12.6.41 , etc., till 250 B.C., when θέλω becomes common: Att. Prose writers rarely use θέλω exc. in phrases such as ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ Din. 2.3 or after a long vowel, e.g. μὴ θελῆσαι Th. 5.72 , μὴ θελήσας Is. 8.11 , μὴ θέλοντας And. 1.22 , τῷ θέλοντι Id. 4.7 , etc.; but θέλω Antipho 3.4.3 , θελήσουσιν Id. 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 ἐθέλοις Il. 23.894 ; ἀλλά μοι ἤθελε θυμός Od. 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 .

2). with neg., almost, = δύναμαι , as μίμνειν οὐκ ἐθέλεσκον ἐναντίον they cared not to make a stand, i.e. they were unable, Il. 13.106 ; οὐδ’. . ἤθελε θυμὸς τειρομένοις ἑτάροισιν ἀμυνέμεν 17.702 : metaph. of things, of a stream, οὐδ’ ἔθελε προρέειν ἀλλ’ ἴσχετο would not run on, but stopped, 21.366 , cf. Od. 8.223 , 316 , h.Cer. 45 ; αὔλειοι δ’ ἔτ’ ἔχει<*> οὐκ ἐθέλουσι θύραι Sol. 4.28 ; τὰ δένδρα οὐδέν μ’ ἐθέλει διδάσκειν Pl. Phdr. 230d , cf. R. 370b (said to be an Att. use, Greg.Cor. p.135 S.).

3). part., ἐθέλων or θέλων willingly, gladly, Od. 3.272 , etc. (also πιθοῦ θελήσας S. OT 649 (lyr.)); οὐκ ἐθέλων, = ἀεκών , Il. 4.300 ; with Art. like ὁ 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. OT 343 .

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 τινι LXX 1 Ki. 18.22 ; τινά ib. Ps. 17(18).20 ; but οἱ κακῶς τινὰς θέλοντες their ill-wishers, Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.234 .

10). ordain, decree, ἠθέλησεν [ὁ ἡγεμὼν] τὸν κίνδυνον τῆς προβολῆς εἶναι πρός τινας CPR 20.17 (iii A.D.), etc.

II). of inanimate things (cf. supr. 1.2 ),

1). to express a future event, like our will or shall, εἰ ἐθελήσει ἀναβῆναι ἡ τυραννίς Hdt. 1.109 ; εἰ ἐθελήσει ἐκτρέψαι τὸ ῥέεθρον ὁ Νεῖλος Id. 2.11 ; εἰ θέλει τοι μηδὲν ἀντίξοον καταστῆναι Id. 7.49 , cf. Pl. R. 370b , etc.:—in this sense, very rarely of living things, οὐ δοῦναι θέλοι, = οὐκ ἂν δοίη , A. Eu. 429 ; εἴπερ .. οὗτός <σ’> ἐθέλει κρατῆσαι Ar. V. 536 , cf. Pi. N. 7.90 , Pl. R. 375a .

2). to be naturally disposed, to be wont or accustomed, c. inf., συμβάσιες ἰσχυραὶ οὐκ ἐ. συμμένειν Hdt. 1.74 ; μεγάλα πρήγματα μεγάλοισι κινδύνοισι ἐ. καταιρέεσθαι Id. 7.50 ; αἱ πλευραὶ οὐκ ἐθέλουσιν ἐς τὸ εὐρὺ αὔξεσθαι Hp. Art. 41 ; οὐκ ἐ. αἱ γνῶμαι .. ὁμοῖαι εἶναι Th. 2.89 ; τοῦτ’ ἐνδελεχὲς ἐ. γίγνεσθαι Arist. Mete. 347a5 , cf. Metaph. 1013b27 , al.; οὐ θέλει ζῆν, of premature births, Id. HA 575a28 .

3). in phrases expressive of meaning, τὸ θέλει σημαίνειν τὸ τέρας Hdt. 1.78 ; τὸ θέλει τὸ ἔπος εἶπαι Id. 6.37 ; τὸ θέλει τὰ δῶρα λέγειν Id. 4.131 ; τὸ ἔπος τοῦτο ἐθέλει λέγειν ὡς .. Id. 2.13 .

4). τοῦ θέλοντος, = τοῦ θελήματος , S. OC 1220 (lyr., s.v.l.).