ἐπιβουλ-εύω,
Doric dialect ἐπι-βωλεύω [[“SIG” 527.145 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— plot, contrive against, with dative person et accusative of things, [[ ἐ. <κακὸν> πόλει 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 4.8; ἐπανάστασίν τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; θάνατόν τινι [[[prev. work] 122, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15; τοὺς θανάτους τοῖς πέλας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.28; κατάλυσιν τῇ τυραννίδι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__b. with dative only, plot against, lay snares for, [[ τῇ πόλει Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Septem contra Thebas” 29 codices, “SIG”[same place]; τῷ πλήθει Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Plutus” 570, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; θεοῖς Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 378c; τῇ πολιτείᾳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.40 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: with dative of things, tamper with, σφραγῖδι [[“Cat.Codex” “Astr.” 2.193: _absolutely_, οὑπιβουλεύων] Refs] the plotter, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 618, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 856c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1135b33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in aorist 1 middle, plot, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.1.160. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__c.c.accusative of things only, plan secretly, [[ τὸν ἔκπλουν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.51; ἀπόστασιν [prev\. author] 8.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.
__2. c.dative of things, form designs upon, aim at, [[ πρήγμασι μεγάλοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122; ἀνδριάντι [prev\. author] 1.183; τυραννίδι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 473c ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; ἔργοις [[ τοιούτοις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].