συμβουλ-εύω (sumbouleuo)

Where it lives

Letter 1 4 · 68.49/10k
Letter 6 3 · 33.78/10k
Letter 3 1 · 23.81/10k
Letter 2 3 · 23.51/10k
Olympic Oration 1 · 23.15/10k
Epistles 34 · 20.07/10k
To Philip 16 · 18.26/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 2 · 17.81/10k
Letter 9 2 · 17.51/10k
To Nicocles 5 · 16.61/10k
Laches 12 · 15.64/10k
Archidamus 9 · 14.69/10k

Densest 12 of 122 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

συμβουλ-εύω · symboul-euō — LSJ

advise, counsel, advise, advising, advise

advise, counsel, c. dat. pers. et inf., advise one to do a thing, Hdt. 1.53, 59, 2.107, Th. 1.65, etc.; οὐ συμβουλεύων Ξέρξῃ στρατεύεσθαι advising him not . ., Hdt. 7.46: rarely c. acc. et inf., συμβουλεύω . . συμβῆναι ὑμᾶς I advise that you should . ., Pl. Prt. 337e, cf. Gal. 16.501.

2 recommend, give, advice is given, res de consilii sententia actae, to be advised

without inf., σ. τινί τι Hdt. 1.71, etc.; ὅτι ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν Ἀθηναίοις IG 1(2).106.19; τοῖς ὀλίγον διαπνεομένοις ἀσιτίαν Gal. 15.508; τινὶ περί τινος Pl. Prt. 319d, etc.; εὖ σ. τινί Thgn. 38; σ. τι recommend a measure, τὰ ἄριστα Hdt. 7.237; χρηστόν τι Ar. Nu. 793; πορείαν X. An. 5.6.12, etc.: but c. acc. cogn., σ. συμβουλάς give advice, Pl. Grg. 520d:—Pass., συμβουλεύεταί τι advice is given, Id. Ep. 330d; τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλευόμενα X. Cyr. 1.6.2; τὰ συμβουλευθέντα Isoc. 3.13; τὰ -βεβουλ

3

folld. by a relat., σ. περί τινος ὡς . . X. Vect. 4.30; σύμ μοι βούλευσον, ποτέρην ἄγω Call. Epigr. 1.5.

4 advise, give advice, adviser, didactic

abs., advise, give advice, S. OT 1370, etc.; ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας adviser, Arist. Rh. 1354b31, Lex ap. And. 1.96; τὰ συμβουλεύοντα τῶν ποιημάτων didactic poems, Isoc. 2.42.

II consult with, ask, advice, debate, consult, deliberate, if one asked his advice, would give

Med., consult with a person, i.e. ask his advice, τινι Hdt. 2.107, Pl. Ep. 331a, Thg. 122a, etc.; τι in a matter, Th. 8.68; σ. τι μετά τινος debate a matter with another, Ar. Nu. 475: abs., consult, deliberate, X. Cyr. 2.1.7, etc.—Act. and Med. opposed, συμβουλευομένου ἂν συμβουλεύσειε τὰ ἄριστα if one asked his advice he would give him the best, Hdt. 7.237; [τοῖς Ἕλλησι] συμβουλευομένοις συνεβούλευσε τάδε X. An. 2.1.17.

2

= Act., Sch. Hes. Sc. 338, f.l. in X. HG 6.5.34.

3 agree, make a contract

agree, make a contract, θύρας λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο κόψαι PMich.Zen. 37.3 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

συμβουλευσομένους · symbouleusomenous Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 377)
συμβουλεύσατε · symbouleusate Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 628)
συμβουλεύομεν · symbouleuomen Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 629)
συμβουλευόντων · symbouleuontōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..22 (DIORISIS sentence 288)
συνεβούλευεν · synebouleuen Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..24 (DIORISIS sentence 302)
συμβουλεύσαντος · symbouleusantos Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..27 (DIORISIS sentence 339)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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