volēns entis, adj.
P. of 1 volo, willing, with purpose, of choice : eas (poenas) ipsi volentes pependere, of their own accord , S.: quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant, L.: seu volens seu invitus, L.: Ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes, purposely , V.: Quos fructūs ipsa volentia rura tulere carpsit, spontaneously , V.—Plur m . as subst, they who consent, they who are willing : tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare, to rule men with their consent , S.: quippe rem p. si a volentibus nequeat, ab invitis ius expetituram, peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must , L.: labor est inhibere volentīs, O.— Willing, pleased, glad, eager : volenti animo acceperant, eagerly , S.: animis volentibus urbem Adferimur, purposely and gladly , V.: volenti consuli causa divertendi oblata est, i. e. welcome to the consul , etc., L.: uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset, i. e. that the soldiers were zealous when the general shared their labors , S.: quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum, Ta.— Wellwishing, favorable, kindly, propitious : munificus nemo putabatur nisi pariter volens, i. e. liberality was always supposed to prove kind feeling , S.—Of the gods, willing, voluntary : do volentibu' cum magnis dis, with the favor of the gods , Enn. ap. C.: virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis, S.: diis propitiis volentibusque, with the favor and help of the gods , L.