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βουλεύω

bouleuo

take counsel, deliberate

Appears 99 times across Plato's dialogues.

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βουλεύω, Il. 2.379, etc., aor. ἐβούλευσα Od. 5.23, etc., Ep. βούλ- Il. 14.464: pf. βεβούλευκα S. OT 701:—Med. and Pass., v. infr.: (βουλή):—Α. take counsel, deliberate, in past tenses, determine or resolve after deliberation: 1. abs., ὣς βουλεύσαντε Il. 1.531; βουλευέμεν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι in council or in battle, Od. 14.491; β. ὅπως ὄχʼ ἄριστα γένοιτο 9.420, cf. 11.229; δυσμενέεσσι φόνου πέρι β. 16.234; ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν (sc. βουλήν) we shall agree to one plan, Il. 2.379; θυμῷ β. Od. 12.58; β. περί τινος Hdt. 1.120, Th. 3.28, 5.116: in Prose, chiefly Med. in this sense, v. infr. B. 2. c. acc. rei, deliberate on, plan, devise, β. βουλάς Il. 24.652, al.; οὐ . . τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτή; Od. 5.23; ὁδόν 1.444; φύξιν Il. 10.311,398; κέρδεα Od. 23.217; ψεύδεα 14.296: c. dat. pers., τῷ γάρ ῥα θεοὶ βούλευσαν ὄλεθρον Il. 14.464, cf. Hdt. 9.110; θάνατόν τινι Pl. Lg. 872a; β. πῆμά τινι Od. 5.179, etc.; κέλευθον A. Pers. 758; ποινάς Id. Ag. 1223; νεώτερα β. περί τινος Hdt. 1.210:—Pass. (with fut. Med., A. Th. 198), aor. ἐβουλεύθην Hdt. 7.157, Th. 1.120, Pl. R. 442b: pf. βεβούλευμαι (usu. in med. sense, v. infr. B):—to be determined or planned, ψῆφος κατʼ αὐτῶν βουλεύσεται A. l.c.; βεβούλευται τάδε Id. Pr. 998, cf. Hdt. 7.10.δʹ; τὰ βεβουλευμένα, = βουλεύματα, Id. 4.128; τὰ βουλευόμενα X. Cyr. 6.2.2; πῶς σφῷν βεβούλευται Pl. Euthd. 274a. 3. c. inf., take counsel, resolve to do, τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ βούλευσα . . οὐτάμεναι Od. 9.299, cf. Hdt. 1.73, 6.52,61, etc.:— Pass., τοῖσι ἐβεβούλευτο τὸ παιδίον προσουδίσαι Id. 5.92.γʹ II. give counsel, τὰ λῷστα β. A. Pr. 206; β. δυνατός Pl. Lg. 694b: c. dat. pers., advise, ἵνα σφίσι βουλεύησθα Il. 9.99, cf. A. Eu. 697. III. sit in council, of the Spartan γέροντες, Hdt. 6.57; to be a member of a βουλή, Arist. Pol. 1282a30; esp. of the Council of 500 at Athens, Antipho 6.45, And. 1.75, X. Mem. 1.1.18, Arist. Ath. 62.3; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ βουλεύουσα Lys. 13.19; βουλὴν β. to be a member of the β., ib.20; βουλεύειν λαχών Pl. Grg. 473e. B. Med., fut. -εύσομαι A. Ag. 846, Ch. 718, Th. 1.43, Pl. Smp. 174d: aor. ἐβουλευσάμην S. OT 537, etc.; Ep. βουλ- Il. 2.114; ἐβουλεύθην D.H. 15.7: pf. βεβούλευμαι Hdt. 3.134, S. El. 385, Th. 1.69, E. Supp. 248, Pl. Chrm. 176c (also in pass. sense, v. supr.):—more freq. in Att. Prose than Act., 1. abs., take counsel with oneself, deliberate, Hdt. 7.10.δʹ, Arist. EN 1112b11,20; παραχρῆμα οὐδὲ -σάμενος D. 37.13; ἅμα τινί Hdt. 8.101; περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος τῶν οἰκείων Th. 3.44, cf. Pl. Phdr. 231a; περί τι Id. R. 604c; ὑπέρ τινος ib.428d; πρὸς τὴν γεγενημένην ξυμφοράν Th. 7.47: c. acc. cogn., β. βούλευμα And. 3.29; βουλήν Pl. Plt. 298b, etc.; ἴσον τι ἢ δίκαιον Th. 2.44:—also like Act., take counsel, πρός τινας LXX 4 Ki. 6.8. 2. act as member of council, and so originate measures, β. καὶ κρίνειν Arist. Pol. 1281b31; τὸ βουλευόμενον ib.1291a28. 3. c. acc. rei, determine with oneself, resolve on, κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο Il. 2.114 (Med. here only in Hom.); ἀλλοῖόν τι περί τινος Hdt. 5.40, cf. Pl. Ap. 32c. 4. c. inf., resolve to do, Hdt. 3.134, Pl. Chrm. 176c. 5. rarely folld. by Relat., β. ὅ τι ποιήσεις ibid.; β. ὅπως . . with subj., X. Cyr. 1.4.13; β. πῶς τις, c. fut., Id. An. 3.4.40; πῶς καὶ τί πρακτέον εἴη Plb. 1.33.3; ἵνα Ev.Jo. 12.10.
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