βουλ-εύω,
[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.379, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], aorist ἐβούλευσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.23, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect βούλ- [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.464 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect βεβούλευκα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 701 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, see below: (βουλή):—take counsel, deliberate, in past tenses, determine or resolve after deliberation:
__1 absolutely, ὣς βουλεύσαντε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.531 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βουλευέμεν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι in council or in battle, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.491; β. ὅπως ὄχ᾽ ἄριστα γένοιτο 9.420, compare 11.229; δυσμενέεσσι φόνου πέρι β. 16.234 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν (i.e. βουλήν) we shall agree to one plan, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.379; θυμῷ β. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.58; β. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.28, 5.116 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Prose, chiefly middle in this sense, see below [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative of things, deliberate on, plan, devise, β. βουλάς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.652, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ.. τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτ; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.23; ὁδόν 1.444; φύξιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.311, 398; κέρδεα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.217; ψεύδεα 14.296: with _dative_ _person_, τῷ γάρ ῥα θεοὶ βούλευσαν ὄλεθρον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.464, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.110; θάνατόν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 872a; β. πῆμά τινι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.179, etc.; κέλευθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 758; ποινάς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1223; νεώτερα β. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.210 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive (with future middle, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 198)] Refs 4th c.BC+], aorist ἐβουλεύθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.157, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 442b: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect βεβούλευμαι (usually in middle sense, see infr. B):—to be determined or planned, ψῆφος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν βουλεύσεται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place]; βεβούλευται τάδε [prev. author] “Pr.” 998, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; τὰ βεβουλευμένα, ={βουλεύματα}, [[ [prev. author] 4.128; τὰ βουλευόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.2; πῶς σφῷν βεβούλευται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 274a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]