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|Definition=ἡ, Dor. [[βωλά]] Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.90, Aeol. [[βόλλα]] ''Schwyzer'' 623.1 (ii B. C.), Plu.2.288b: acc. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βουλᾰς Hes.''Th.''534: ([[βούλομαι]]):—[[will]], [[determination]], especially of the gods, Il.1.5, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[counsel]], [[design]], βουλὰς βουλεύουσι Il.24.652, etc.: generally, [[counsel]], [[advice]], opp. [[μάχεσθαι]], Il.1.258, cf. 2.202, etc.; κακὴ β. Hes.''Op.''266; πρᾶτος… καὶ βουλᾷ καὶ χερσὶν ἐς Ἄρεα ''IG''9(1).658 (Ithaca); νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.12 (but ἐν νυκτὶ β. διδοὺς ἐμαυτῷ Men.''Epit.''35); ἐν β. ἔχειν τὰ γενόμενα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.78; <b class="b3">β. ποιεῖσθαι</b>, = [[βουλεύεσθαι]], Id.6.101, etc.; β. διδόναι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.26; β. προτιθέναι περί τινος D.18.192; β. ἄγειν Polyaen.7.39; <b class="b3">ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον</b>… D.H.2.44; <b class="b3">τούτοις οὐκ ἔστι κοινὴ β.</b> they have no common [[ground of argument]], Pl.''Cri.''49d; βουλῆς ὀρθότης ἡ εὐβουλία [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1142b16: in plural, [[counsels]], A.''Pr.''221, ''Th.'' 842 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐν βουλαῖς ἄριστος, ἐν βουλαῖσι κράτιστος</b>, ''Epigr.Gr.''854, ''IG''3.716.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[deliberation]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1112a19, D.9.46.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[decree]], β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι And.1.61; β. ἄκυρον θεῖναι Id.2.28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[Council of elders]], [[Senate]], βουλὴν ἷζε γερόντων Il.2.53, cf. Od.3.127, A.''Ag.''884; esp. at Athens, ''Council'' or [[Senate]] of 500 created by [[Cleisthenes]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.5, Ar.''V.''590, Antipho 6.40, etc.; commonly called <b class="b3">ἡ β.</b> (or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι Aeschin.3.20, to distinguish it from <b class="b3">ἡ β. ἡ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ</b> ibid.; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου Th.8.66); in other states, as at Argos, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.149; at Thebes, X.''HG''5.2.29; of the Roman ''Senate'', D.H.6.69, etc.; of local [[senates]], POxy.58.14 (iii A. D.), etc.; <b class="b3">βουλῆς εἶναι</b> to be [[of the Council]], [[a member of it]], Th.3.70 (whence Sch. and Suid. made a Subst. βουλῆς, ὁ); ἀνὴρ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων Paus.5.20.8; ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς Id.7.11.1.