1. βούλομαι · boulomai — Beekes
want, wish
The corpus record
βούλομαι
boulomai
want, wish
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Against Alcibiades 2 5 · 83.19/10k
- On A Wound By Premeditation 7 · 74/10k
- For the Megalopolitans 13 · 70.19/10k
- Letter 2 8 · 62.7/10k
- On The Trierarchic Crown 8 · 59.48/10k
- On the Peace 8 · 55.1/10k
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 26 · 53.48/10k
- Against Onetor 2 5 · 52.63/10k
- On the Chersonese 21 · 49.75/10k
- Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 10 · 49.63/10k
- Theages 17 · 48.93/10k
- Hippias Minor 21 · 48.21/10k
Densest 12 of 274 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. βούλομαι · boulomai — Chantraine
pr
3. βούλομαι · boulomai — Chantraine
agent et un nom d
4. βούλομαι · boulomai — Frisk
“wollen, wünschen’ (ion
5. βούλομαι · boulomai — Frisk
Verschiedenes zur Lautlehre bei Forbes Glotta 36 (1958) 243f
6. βούλομαι · boulomai — LSJ
will, wish, be willing
Attestations
- βούλεται · bouletai Iliad 1.67
- βούλομαι · boulomai Iliad 1.112
- βούλομʼ · boulomʼ Iliad 1.117
- βουλοίμην · bouloimēn Iliad 3.41
- βούλετο · bouleto Iliad 7.21
- βούλεο · bouleo Iliad 8.204
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 278; entry #1241 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 203; entry #1385 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 290-291; entry #1140 Review: Under source audit
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