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|Definition=(Ep. also [[βόλομαι]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]), Dor. [[βώλομαι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Aeol. [[βόλλομαι]] (v. [[βόλομαι]]), Thess. [[βέλλομαι]] ''IG''9(2).517.20, Boeot. [[βείλομαι]] ib.7.3080, [[βήλομαι]] ''SIG''1185.18 (Tanagra, iii B. C.), Locr.and Delph. [[δείλομαι]] ''IG''9(1).334.3, ''GDI''2034.10, Coan, etc. [[δήλομαι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Ion. 2sg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βούλεαι Od.18.364, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.11: impf. ἐβουλόμην Il.11.79, etc.; ἠβουλόμην E.''Hel.''752, D.1.15, etc.; Ion. 3pl. [[ἐβουλέατο]] codd. in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.4, 3.143: fut. βουλήσομαι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''867, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1077, etc.; later fut. βουληθήσομαι [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Aristid.''Or.''48(24).8, Gal.13.636: aor. ἐβουλήθην, also <b class="b3">ἠβ-</b> (v. infr.), βουληθείς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''732, ''IG''22.1236, etc., but Ep. aor. subj. 3sg. [[βούλεται]] (from *βόλσ-ε-ται) Il.1.67: pf. βεβούλημαι D.18.2; also [[βέβουλα]] (προ-) Il.1.113 ([[ἐβέβουλε]] dub. in Epigr. in ''Berl.Sitzb.''1894.907):—forms with augm. <b class="b3">ἠ-</b> are found in Att. Inscrr. from 300 B.C. onwards, as ''IG''22.657, al., and occur frequently in Mss. as [[ἠβούλοντο]] v.l.in Th. 2.2, 6.79, ἠβούλου Hyp.''Lyc.''11; said to be Ionic in ''An.Ox.''2.374.—An Act. [[βούλητε]](= [[βούλησθε]]) Mitteis ''Chr.''361.10 (iv A. D.):—[[will]], [[wish]], [[be willing]], Hom., etc.: usually implying choice or preference (cf. IV) opp. [[ἐθέλω]] '[[consent]]', εἰ βούλει, ἐγὼ ἐθέλω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 522e, cf. ''R.'' 347b, 437b; ἐὰν βούλῃ σὺ… ἐὰν θεὸς ἐθέλῃ Id.''Alc.''1.135d; ἂν οἵ τε θεοὶ 'θέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθε D.2.20; οὔτ' ἀκούειν ἠθέλετ' οὔτε πιστεύειν ἐβούλεσθε Id.19.23; but [[ἐθέλω]] is also used = 'wish', <b class="b3">λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι</b>, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''281 (so ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 309b, but φράσαι τι βούλομαι Ar.''Pl.''1090): Hom. uses [[βούλομαι]] for [[ἐθέλω]] in the case of the gods, for with them [[wish is will]]: [[ἐθέλω]] is more general, and is sometimes used where [[βούλομαι]] might have stood, e.g. Il. 7.182.—Construct.: mostly c. inf., Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο [[κῦδος]] ὀρέξαι 11.79, etc.; sometimes c. inf. fut., Thgn.184; c. acc. et inf., Od.4.353, and freq. in Prose: when [[βούλομαι]] is followed by acc. only, an inf. may generally be supplied, as <b class="b3">καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γενέσθαι]]) Od.20.316; <b class="b3">ἔτυχεν ὧν ἐβούλετο</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[τυχεῖν]]) Antiph.18.6; <b class="b3">πλακοῦντα β.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">σε λέγειν</b>) Id.52.11; <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ μάλα βούλεται ἄλλῃ [Ποσειδάων]</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦτο γενέσθαι</b>) Il.15.51; so <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον βούλομαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἰέναι]]) Ar.''Ra.'' 1279; <b class="b3">βουλοίμην ἄν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τόδε γενέσθαι</b>) Pl.''Euthphr.''3a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Hom. of gods, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., <b class="b3">Τρώεσσιν… ἐβούλετο νίκην</b> he [[willed]] victory to the Trojans, Il.7.21, cf. 23.682: later c. acc., <b class="b3">τὸ βουλόμενον τὴν πολιτείαν πλῆθος</b> [[that supports]] the constitution, Arist.''Pol.''1309b17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Att. usages:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[βούλει]] or [[βούλεσθε]] followed by Verb in subj., <b class="b3">βούλει λάβωμαι</b>; [[would you have]] me take hold? S.''Ph.''761; <b class="b3">βούλει φράσω</b>; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''36, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 79a, ''R.''596a; <b class="b3">ποῦ δὴ βούλει ἀναγνῶμεν</b>; Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''228e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">εἰ βούλει</b> if [[you please]], S.''Ant.''1168, X.''An.''3.4.41; also <b class="b3">εἰ δὲ βούλει, ἐὰν δὲ βούλῃ</b>, to [[express]] a [[concession]], or if you [[like]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 201a, etc.; εἰ μὲν β., φρονήσει, εἰ δὲ β., ἰσχύι Id.''R.'' 432a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὁ βουλόμενος</b> [[any one who likes]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.54, Th.1.26, etc.; ἔδωκεν ἅπαντι τῷ βουλομένῳ D.21.45; <b class="b3">ὁ β.</b> the 'common in former', Ar. ''Pl.''918 (whence, in jest, [[βούλομαι]] ib.908); <b class="b3">ὅστις βούλει</b> who or which ever [[you like]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 517b, ''Cra.''432a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">βουλομένῳ μοί ἐστι</b>, c. inf., it is [[according to]] my [[wish]] that... Th.2.3; εἰ σοὶ β. ἐστὶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 448d; also τὰ θεῶν οὕτω βουλόμεν' ἔσται E.''IA''33; <b class="b3">τὸ κεἰνου βουλόμενον</b> his [[wish]], ib. 1270; but with pass. sense, <b class="b3">τὸ β.</b> the [[object of desire]], Luc.''Am.''37, Plu.''Art.''28.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">τί βουλόμενος</b>; [[with]] what purpose? [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 63a, D.18.172; τί βουληθεὶς πάρει; S.''El.''1100.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[mean]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 362e, 590e, etc.; <b class="b3">τί ἡμῖν βούλεται οὗτος ὁ μῦθος</b>;(followed by <b class="b3">β. λέγειν ὡς</b>…) Id.''Tht.''156c; τί β. σημαίνειν τὸ τέρας D.H.4.59; <b class="b3">βούλεται εἶναι</b> [[profess]]es or [[pretend]]s to be, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 595c; β. τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικεῖσθαι Id.''Cra.''412c; freq. in Arist., <b class="b3">τὸ ἀκούσιον βούλεται λέγεσθαι οὐκ εἰ</b>… ''EN''1110b30; <b class="b3">β. ἄσωτος εἶναι ὁ ἕν τι κακὸν ἔχων</b> ib.1119b34; <b class="b3">β. ὁ πρᾶος ἀτάραχος εἶναι</b> ib.1125b33; [[tend]] to be, ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος φύσις β. εἶναι ἄχυμος Id.''Sens.''441a3; <b class="b3">β. ἤδη τότε εἶναι πόλις ὅταν</b>… Id.''Pol.''1261b12, cf. 1293b40; <b class="b3">ἡ φύσις β. μὲν τοῦτο ποιεῖν πολλάκις, οὐ μέντοι δύναται</b> ib. 1255b3, cf. ''GA''778a4, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be wont]], X.''An.''6.3.18.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> followed by [[ἤ]]... [[prefer]], for <b class="b3">βούλομαι μᾶλλον</b> (which is more usually in Prose), <b class="b3">βούλομ' ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι</b> I had [[rather]]... Il.1.117, cf. 23.594, Od.3.232, 11.489, 12.350; β. τὸ μέν τι εὐτυχέειν… ἢ εὐτυχέειν τὰ πάντα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.40; <b class="b3">β. παρθενεύεσθαι πλέω χρόνον ἢ πατρὸς ἐστερῆσθαι</b> (for <b class="b3">πολὺν χρόνον, μᾶλλον ἤ</b>…) ib.124, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]'' 351; less freq. without <b class="b3">ἤ... πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν οἴκοι ἔχειν</b> I much [[prefer]]... Il.1.112, cf. Od.15.88. (gu̯el-gu̯ol-, cf. the dialectic forms.)