• FAIN

1. adj., Anybody was fain to do anything, fecit aliquis animo lubentissimo, ut, etc. (Cic.; if the notion of glad consent is prominent); coactus est aliquid facere (if the notion of compulsion is prominent); non recusavit aliquid facere, or non modo non recusavit aliquid facere, sed etiam libenter, etc.: facile pati (with accusative and infinitive).

2. adverb, libenter (or lubenter); animo libenti or libenti proclivoque; non invito animo [Vid: GLADLY]. Often by circumlocution with velle, or by nominative, lubens, volens, non invitus. I would fain, velim, vellem (the present expressing rather an inner necessity, urgency; the imperfect referring more to a condition; if this were but possible).