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βουλή

boule

βουλεύομαι, etc

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What it meant

1. Βουλή · Boulē — Chantraine

Βουλή, βουλεύομαι, etc. subsistent en grec moderne. Et.: Βουλὴ fonclionne comme nom d'action répondant à βούλομαι et il serait vain de vouloir y chercher un suftixe nominai, -v& ou quelque autre, Le mot est tiré de βούλομαι. C’est 16 thème de présent qu'il faut anñaiyser. Les divers thèmes de présents peuvent comporier un suflixe -vo- ou αὐ suflixe -co-. On admet généralement un suffixe -co-, d’où selon les … — [Chantraine, s.v. Βουλή, p. 204]

2. βουλή · boulē — LSJ

will, determination

will, determination, esp. of the gods, Il. 1.5, etc.

2 counsel, design, counsel, advice, ground of argument, counsels

counsel, design, βουλὰς βουλεύουσι Il. 24.652, etc.: generally, counsel, advice, opp. μάχεσθαι, Il. 1.258, cf. 2.202, etc.; κακὴ β. Hes. Op. 266; πρᾶτος . . καὶ βουλᾷ καὶ χερσὶν ἐς Ἄρεα IG 9(1).658 (Ithaca); νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι Hdt. 7.12 (but ἐν νυκτὶ β. διδοὺς ἐμαυτῷ Men. Epit. 35); ἐν β. ἔχειν τὰ γενόμενα Hdt. 3.78; β. ποιεῖσθαι, = βουλεύεσθαι, Id. 6.101, etc.; β. διδόναι X. Cyr. 7.2.26; β. προτιθέναι περί τινος D. 18.192; β. ἄγειν Polyaen. 7.39; ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον . . D.H. 2.44; τούτο

3 deliberation

deliberation, Arist. EN 1112a19, D. 9.46.

4 decree

decree, β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι And. 1.61; β. ἄκυρον θεῖναι Id. 2.28.

II Council of elders, Senate, Council, Senate, Senate, senates, of the Council, a member of it

Council of elders, Senate, βουλὴν ἷζε γερόντων Il. 2.53, cf. Od. 3.127, A. Ag. 884; esp. at Athens, Council or Senate of 500 created by Cleisthenes, Hdt. 9.5, Ar. V. 590, Antipho 6.40, etc.; commonly called ἡ β. (or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι Aeschin. 3.20, to distinguish it from ἡ β. ἡ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ ibid.; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου Th. 8.66); in other states, as at Argos, Hdt. 7.149; at Thebes, X. HG 5.2.29; of the Roman Senate, D.H. 6.69, etc.; of local senates, POxy. 58.14 (iii A. D.), etc.; βουλῆς εἶναι t

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  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βουλή (scan p. 204; entry #1391).

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