will, determination
βουλή,ἡ, Dor.
βωλάDecr.Byz. ap. D. 18.90 , Aeol.
βόλλα
Schwyzer 623.1
(ii B. C.), Plu. 2.288b : acc. pl.
A.
βουλᾰ́ς
Hes. Th. 534
: (βούλομαι):—will, determination, esp. of the gods, Il. 1.5 , etc.
2. 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
Hdt. 7.12
(but ἐν νυκτὶ β. διδοὺς ἐμαυτῷ
Men. Epit. 35
); ἐν β. ἔχειν τὰ γενόμενα
Hdt. 3.78
;β. ποιεῖσθαι,
= βουλεύεσθαι , Id. 6.101 , etc.; β. διδόναι
X. Cyr. 7.2.26
; β. προτιθέναι περί τινος
D. 18.192
; β. ἄγειν
Polyaen. 7.39
;ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον. . D.H. 2.44 ;τούτοις οὐκ ἔστι κοινὴ β.they have no commonground of argument, Pl. Cri. 49d ; βουλῆς ὀρθότης ἡ εὐβουλία
Arist. EN 1142b16
: in pl.,counsels, A. Pr. 221 , Th. 842 (lyr.);ἐν βουλαῖς ἄριστος, ἐν βουλαῖσι κράτιστος, Epigr.Gr. 854 , IG 3.716 .
3. deliberation, Arist. EN 1112a19 , D. 9.46 .
4. decree, β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι
And. 1.61
; β. ἄκυρον θεῖναι
Id. 2.28
.
II. Council of elders, Senate, βουλ ὴν ἷζε γερόντων
Il. 2.53
, cf. Od. 3.127 , A. Ag. 884 ; esp. at Athens,CouncilorSenate of
500 created by Cleisthenes, Hdt. 9.5 , Ar. V. 590 , Antipho 6.40 , etc.; commonly calledἡ β.(or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι
Aeschin. 3.20
, to distinguish it fromἡ β. ἡ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳibid.; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου
Th. 8.66
); in other states, as at Argos, Hdt. 7.149 ; at Thebes, X. HG 5.2.29 ; of the RomanSenate, D.H. 6.69 , etc.; of localsenates,
POxy. 58.14
(iii A. D.), etc.;βουλῆς εἶναιto beof the Council, a member of it, Th. 3.70 (whence Sch. and Suid. made aSubst. βουλῆς,ὁ) ; ἀνὴρ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων
Paus. 5.20.8
; ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς
Id. 7.11.1
.
