βούλησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[willing]], Arist.''de An.''433a43; β. ἀγαθοῦ [[ὄρεξις]] Id.''Top.''146b5, cf. ''EN''1111b19; <b class="b3">βούλησις τῶν ἀδυνάτων, βούλησις τοῦ τέλους</b>, ib. 1111b22, 1113a15; [[purpose]], [[πράσσειν]] βούλησιν E.''HF''1305; [[wish]], [[desire]], Th.3.39, Pl.''Grg.''509d, etc.; [[βούλησιν ἐλπίζει]] = [[entertain]]s a [[hope]] and [[purpose]], Th.6.78; [[κατὰ τὴν βούλησιν]] = [[by one's will]] Pl.''Cra.''420d, al.; [[παρὰ τὴν βούλησιν]] = [[against one's will]] ibid., Arist.''EN'' 1136b24: pl., Pl.''Lg.''688b, Arist.''Rh.''1378b18; of the gods, Polystr. p.10 W.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[purpose]] or [[meaning]] of a [[poem]], Pl.''Prt.''344b; [[signification]] of a [[word]], Id.''Cra.''421b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[will]], [[testament]], βούλησις [[ἔγγραφος]] ''PLips.''33 ii 10 (iv A. D.).