ἐπιβουλή
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A plan formed against another, plot, scheme, Hdt. 1.12, Th.4.77, 86, Isoc.4.148, etc.; ἐπιβουλὴν ἐπιβουλεύειν Lys.13.18; πρός τινα against one, X.An.1.1.8; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς by treachery, treacherously, ἐξ ἐ. ἀποθανεῖν, ἐξ ἐ. φονεὺς εἶναι, Antipho 2.1.5, 1.3, cf. Th.8.92, X.An.6.4.7, etc.; μετὰ ἐπιβουλῆς designedly, Pl.Lg.867a, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 930] ἡ, Vorhaben, Anschlag gegen Einen, Nachstellung, Thuc. 4, 76; ἐπ ιβουλὴν ἀρτύειν Her. 1, 12; ἐπιβουλεύειν Lys. 13, 18; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς, hinterlistiger Weise, Thuc. 8, 92; Xen. An. 6, 4, 7; aber auch allgemeiner: mit Vorsatz, Antiph. 1, 3; Plat. Rep. I, 341 a; auch μετ' ἐπιβουλῆς, Legg. IX, 867 a; τῇ ἐπιβουλῇ, im Ggstz von ἀπροβουλίᾳ, ibd.; φθόνοι καὶ ἐπιβουλαί vrbdn Prot. 316 d.
