προθυμία
Alt. προθυ_μία, ἡ,
I. "readiness, willingness, eagerness, zeal", ἧσι προθυμίῃσι [ι_] πεποιθώς, i. e. πρόθυμος ὤν, Il.; πάσῃ προθυμίᾳ with all "zeal", Plat.; ὑπὸ προθυμίας "zealously", id=Plat.
2. c. gen. pers., ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος προθυμίης at his "desire", Hdt.; κατὰ τὴν τούτου προθυμίην as far as his "desire" goes, id=Hdt.; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ "by the will" of the god, Eur.
3. c. gen. rei, προθυμίη σωτηρίης "zeal" to save him, Hdt.; πρ. ἔργου "readiness" for action, "the will or purpose" to act, Soph.
4. πρ. ἔχειν, ῀ προθυμεῖσθαι, Hdt.; c. inf., id=Hdt., attic
II. "good-will, ready kindness", Hdt.
Etym. from πρόθυ_μος