πρόβουλος
ὡς χαρίεν ἄνθρωπος, ὅταν ἄνθρωπος ᾖ → how graceful is man when he is really a man | what a fine thing a human is, when truly human
English (LSJ)
ον, (βουλή)
A deliberating beforehand or for others, Ἄτα prob.in A.Ag.386 (lyr.): but usu. II pl., standing committee to examine measures before they were formally proposed to the people, Arist.Pol.1298b29, 1299b31, 1322b16; at Megara, Ar.Ach.755; Corinth, Nic. Dam.60 J.; Corcyra, IG9(1).682.12; Delphi, GDI2642.26; of the ἀμνήμονες at Cnidus, Plu.2.292a; ἀπαγγέλλειν . . δήμου προβούλοις A.Th.1011. 2 of the delegates of the twelve Ionian states at the Panionium, Hdt.6.7; of delegates appointed to consult on the mode of meeting Xerxes, π. τῆς Ἑλλάδος Id.7.172. 3 at Athens, committee of Ten, appointed after the Sicilian defeat (cf. Th.8.1), Decr. ap.Arist.Ath.29.2, Ar.Lys.421, Lys.12.65, Arist.Rh.1419a28. 4 of the Roman consuls, D.H.4.76, 5.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 713] vorher rathschlagend, für Andere rathschlagend, ihnen rathend, was sie thun sollen, der an der Spitze des Volkes die gemeinsamen Angelegenheiten berathende Rath; Aesch. Spt. 997, τὰ δόξαντα δήμου προβούλοις τῆσδε Καδμείας πόλεως. So in Athen, Ar. Lys. 421. 467; u. eine Obrigkeit der Megarenser, Ach. 720; vgl. Arizt. pol. 4, 14; die Abgesandten der Ionier zum Πανιώνιον, Her. 6, 7. 11. Sic. 15, 49. Andere Hei. 7. 172. – In Athen hießen so bes. die Zehnmänner, welche vor dem Rath der Vierhundert die ganze gesetzgebende Gewalt in Athen hatten; Arist. Lys. 421. 467, Lyz. 12, 65 (bei Thuc. 8, 67 ξυγγραφεῖς); vgl. Schneid. zu Arist. pol. 6, 5, 10.
