boulhv
boulhv , hJ , Dor. bwlav : ( bouvlomai ):— will, determination, Lat. consilium , esp. of the gods, Il., etc.2.
a counsel, piece of advice, plan, design,
Ib.,
Hdt.
,
Att.
:—in
pl.
counsels,
Aesch.
II.
a Council of the elders
or
chiefs, a Senate,
Hom
.,
Aesch.
:—at Athens,
the Council of
500 created by Cleisthenes,
Hdt.
,
Ar.
,
etc.
:—
boulh`" ei\nai
to be
of the Council, a member of it,
Thuc.
boulhvei"
boulhvei" , essa, en , ( boulhv ) of good counsel, Solon.bouvlhsi"
bouvlhsi" , ew", hJ , ( bouvlomai ) a willing: ones will, intention, purpose, Eur ., Thuc. , etc.II. the purpose or meaning of a poem, Plat.
boulhtov"
boulhtov" , hv, ovn , ( bouvlomai ) that is or should be willed: — to; b . the object of the will, Plat ., Arist.boulhfovro"
boulh-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) counselling, advising, Il.; c. gen. a counsellor, Ib.boulimiva
bou-li<Eth>miva , hJ , ( bou-, limov" ) ravenous hunger, a disease, Arist. Hence boulimiavwboulimiavw
bouli<Eth>miavw , to suffer from boulimiva , Ar. , Xen.bouvlio"
bouvlio" , on , ( boulhv ) = bouleutikov" 2, sage, Aesch.bouvlomai
bouvlomai , Ion. 2 sing. bouvleai : impf. ejboulovmhn , Att. also hjboulovmhn , Ion. 3 pl. ejboulevato : f. boulhvsomai : aor. I ejboulhvqhn , Att. also hjb- : pf. bebouvlhmai : Dep. (The Root is BOL , which appears in Ep. bovlomai , Lat. volo : hence boulhv .) To will, wish, be willing, Hom ., etc. :—mostly c. inf. or c. acc. et inf. , Id., etc. : when bouvlomai is foll. by acc. only, an inf. may be supplied, Trwvessin ejbouvleto nivkhn he willed victory to the Trojans, or Trwvessin ejbouvleto ku`do" ojrevxai ,—both in Il.II.
Att.
usages:
1.
bouvlei
or
bouvlesqe
foll. by
subj.
, adds force to the demand,
bouvlei lavbwmai
would you have
me take hold,
Soph.
2.
eij bouvlei
, a courteous phrase, like
Lat.
sis (si vis)
, if you please,
Id.
3.
oJ boulovmeno"
,
Lat.
quivis
, the first that offers,
Hhdt.,
Att.
4.
boulomevnw/ moiv ejsti
,
nobis volentibus est,
c. inf
., it is
according to my wish
that. . ,
Thuc.
5.
to mean
so and so,
tiv bouvletai ei\nai
;
quid sibi vult haec res?
Plat
.:—hence,
bouvletai ei\nai
professes
or
pretends
to be,
would fain
be, Id.
III. followed by h[ , to prefer, for bouvlomai ma`llon, bouvlomÆ ejgw; lao;n sovon e[mmenai, h] ajpolevsqai I had rather the people were saved than lost, Il.