βούλομαι

English (LSJ)

(Ep. also βόλομαι, q. v.), Dor. βώλ- (q. v.), Aeol. βόλλ- (v. βόλομαι), Thess. βέλλ- IG9(2).517.20, Boeot. βείλ- ib.7.3080, βήλ- SIG1185.18 (Tanagra, iii B. C.), Locr.and Delph. δείλ- IG9(1).334.3, GDI2034.10, Coan, etc. δήλ- (q. v.), Ion. 2sg.

   A βούλεαι Od.18.364, Hdt.1.11: impf. ἐβουλόμην Il.11.79, etc.; ἠβουλόμην E.Hel.752, D.1.15, etc.; Ion. 3pl. ἐβουλέατο codd. in Hdt.1.4, 3.143: fut. βουλήσομαι A.Pr.867, S.OT1077, etc.; later fut. βουληθήσομαι v.l. in Aristid.Or.48(24).8, Gal.13.636: aor. ἐβουλήθην, also ἠβ- (v. infr.), βουληθείς S.OC732, IG22.1236, 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. ἠ- are found in Att. Inscrr. from 300 B.C. onwards, as IG22.657, 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.: usu. implying choice or preference (cf. IV) opp. ἐθέλω 'consent', εἰ βούλει, ἐγὼ ἐθέλω Pl.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', λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι, E.Alc.281 (so ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν Pl.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 sts. used where βούλομαι might have stood, e.g. Il. 7.182.—Construct.: mostly c. inf., Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι 11.79, etc.; sts. c. inf. fut., Thgn.184; c. acc. et inf., Od.4.353, and freq. in Prose: when βούλομαι is folld. by acc. only, an inf. may generally be supplied, as καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην (sc. γενέσθαι) Od.20.316; ἔτυχεν ὧν ἐβούλετο (sc. τυχεῖν) Antiph.18.6; πλακοῦντα β. (sc. σε λέγειν) Id.52.11; καὶ εἰ μάλα βούλεται ἄλλῃ [Ποσειδάων] (sc. τοῦτο γενέσθαι) Il.15.51; so εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον βούλομαι (sc. ἰέναι) Ar.Ra. 1279; βουλοίμην ἄν (sc. τόδε γενέσθαι) Pl.Euthphr.3a.    2 in Hom. of gods, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Τρώεσσιν . . ἐβούλετο νίκην he willed victory to the Trojans, Il.7.21, cf. 23.682: later c. acc., τὸ βουλόμενον τὴν πολιτείαν πλῆθος that supports the constitution, Arist.Pol.1309b17.    II Att. usages:    1 βούλει or βούλεσθε folld. by Verb in subj., βούλει λάβωμαι; would you have me take hold? S.Ph.761; βούλει φράσω; Ar.Eq.36, cf. Pl.Phd.79a, R.596a; ποῦ δὴ βούλει ἀναγνῶμεν; Id.Phdr.228e.    2 εἰ βούλει if you please, S.Ant.1168, X.An.3.4.41; also εἰ δὲ βούλει, ἐὰν δὲ βούλῃ, to express a concession, or if you like, Pl.Smp.201a, etc.; εἰ μὲν β., φρονήσει, εἰ δὲ β., ἰσχύι Id.R. 432a.    3 ὁ βουλόμενος any one who likes, Hdt.1.54, Th.1.26, etc.; ἔδωκεν ἅπαντι τῷ βουλομένῳ D.21.45; ὁ β. the 'common in former', Ar. Pl.918 (whence, in jest, βούλομαι ib.908); ὅστις βούλει who or which ever you like, Pl.Grg.517b, Cra.432a.    4 βουλομένῳ μοί ἐστι, c. inf., it is according to my wish that... Th.2.3; εἰ σοὶ β. ἐστὶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl.Grg.448d; also τὰ θεῶν οὕτω βουλόμεν' ἔσται E.IA33; τὸ κεἰνου βουλόμενον his wish, ib. 1270; but with pass. sense, τὸ β. the object of desire, Luc.Am.37, Plu.Art.28.    5 τί βουλόμενος; with what purpose? Pl.Phd.63a, D.18.172; τί βουληθεὶς πάρει ; S.El.1100.    III mean, Pl.R.362e, 590e, etc.; τί ἡμῖν βούλεται οὗτος ὁ μῦθος; (folld. by β. λέγειν ὡς . . ) Id.Tht.156c; τί β. σημαίνειν τὸ τέρας D.H.4.59; βούλεται εἶναι professes or pretends to be, Pl.R.595c; β. τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικεῖσθαι Id.Cra.412c; freq. in Arist., τὸ ἀκούσιον βούλεται λέγεσθαι οὐκ εἰ . . EN1110b30; β. ἄσωτος εἶναι ὁ ἕν τι κακὸν ἔχων ib.1119b34; β. ὁ πρᾶος ἀτάραχος εἶναι ib.1125b33; tend to be, ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος φύσις β. εἶναι ἄχυμος Id.Sens.441a3; β. ἤδη τότε εἶναι πόλις ὅταν . . Id.Pol.1261b12, cf. 1293b40; ἡ φύσις β. μὲν τοῦτο ποιεῖν πολλάκις, οὐ μέντοι δύναται ib. 1255b3, cf. GA778a4, al.    2 to be wont, X.An.6.3.18.    IV folld. by ἤ... prefer, for βούλομαι μᾶλλον (which is more usu. in Prose), βούλομ' ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι 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 Hdt.3.40; β. παρθενεύεσθαι πλέω χρόνον ἢ πατρὸς ἐστερῆσθαι (for πολὺν χρόνον, μᾶλλον ἤ . . ) ib.124, cf. E.Andr. 351; less freq. without ἤ... πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν οἴκοι ἔχειν I much prefer... Il.1.112, cf. Od.15.88. (g[uglide]el-g[uglide]ol-, cf. the dialectic forms.)