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ἐπιβουλεύω

epibouleuo

plot, contrive against

Appears 34 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπιβουλεύω, Dor. ἐπι-βωλεύω SIG 527.145 (Dreros, iii B.C.):—A. plot, contrive against, c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, ἐ. <κακὸν> πόλει Tyrt. 4.8; ἐπανάστασίν τινι Hdt. 3.119; θάνατόν τινι ib.122, And. 4.15; τοὺς θανάτους τοῖς πέλας Antipho 1.28; κατάλυσιν τῇ τυραννίδι Th. 6.54. b. c. dat. only, plot against, lay snares for, τῇ πόλει A. Th. 29 codd., SIGl.c.; τῷ πλήθει Ar. Pl. 570, Th. 6.60; θεοῖς Pl. R. 378c; τῇ πολιτείᾳ D. 8.40: c. dat. rei, tamper with, σφραγῖδι Cat.Cod. Astr. 2.193: abs., οὑπιβουλεύων the plotter, S. OT 618, cf. Pl. Lg. 856c, Arist. EN 1135b33: also in aor.1 Med., plot, Arr. Epict. 4.1.160. c. .c.acc. rei only, plan secretly, τὸν ἔκπλουν Th. 7.51; ἀπόστασιν Id. 8.60, etc. 2. c.dat. rei, form designs upon, aim at, πρήγμασι μεγάλοισι Hdt. 3.122; ἀνδριάντι Id. 1.183; τυραννίδι Pl. Grg. 473c, etc.; ἔργοις τοιούτοις Lys. 28.8. 3. c. inf., purpose or design to do, Ἀρίονα ἐκβαλόντες ἔχειν τὰ χρήματα Hdt. 1.24; ἐπιχειρήσειν Id. 6.137; ποιεῖν Ar. Pl. 1111; ἐξελθεῖν Th. 3.20; καταλῦσαι τὴν δημοκρατίαν Lys. 13.12; ἀποκτεινύναι Pl. R. 566b; also ἐ. ὅπως . . X. Cyr. 1.4.13: abs., Th. 3.82. 4. to be injurious, δριμύτητα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς -εύουσαν Paul.Aeg. 6.9. II. Pass., with fut. Med. -εύσομαι (in pass. sense) X. Cyr. 5.4.34: fut. Pass. -ευθήσομαι D.C. 52.33: aor. -εβουλεύθην Antipho 4.2.6, Th. 1.82, D. 22.1, Men. 481.15, etc. (but v. supr. I.1 b):—to have plots formed against one, to be the object of plots, Antiphol.c.; ὑπό τινος Th. 4.60, 64, Isoc. 4.140; εἰς χρήματα D.l.c. 2. of things, to be designed against, πρᾶγμα . . , ὃ τοῖς θεοῖς . . ἐπιβουλεύεται Ar. Pax 404: abs., Antipho 2.1.1, Th. 3.96; τὰ ἐπιβουλευόμενα plots, X. Eq.Mag. 9.8.
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