Lexical Definition

‎ἄκων‎ ákōn (ak'-ohn) unwilling ^G:A
from ‎Α‎ (as a negative particle) and ‎ἑκών‎

against the will.

• unwilling

Abbott-Smith

ἀκων (Attic contr. for ἀέκων), -ουα, -ον (< ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: Jb 14:17, II Mac 11:12*;]
unwilling: I Co 9:17.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄκων,

Epic dialect and Ionic dialect; Attic dialect and Trag. contraction ἄκων [ᾱ], ουσα, ον (uncontraction form also in [Refs 4th c.BC+], sometimes found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο[ἄκων 11.557">Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βουλόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (variant{ἄκοντε}) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέκουσι (variant{ἀεκούσια}) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: contraction first in [Refs]; ἄκοντος Διός invito Jove, [Refs 6th c.BC+]adverb ἀκόντως unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II poetical, like{ἀκούσιος}, of acts or their consequences, involuntary, κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]