βουλεύω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From βουλή (boulḗ, “decision, counsel”) + -εύω (-eúō, denominative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.lěu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /buˈle.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βuˈle.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vuˈle.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vuˈle.vo/
Verb
[edit]βουλεύω • (bouleúō)
- to take counsel, deliberate, concert measures; (in past tenses) to determine or resolve after deliberation
- (intransitive)
- (transitive) to deliberate on, plan, devise
- (control verb) to take counsel; to resolve [with infinitive ‘to do’]
- (intransitive)
- to give counsel
- (in political writers) to be a member of council
- (middle voice)
- (intransitive) to take counsel with oneself, deliberate
- to act as member of a council, to originate measures
- (transitive) to determine with oneself, resolve on
- (control verb) to resolve [with infinitive ‘to do’]
- (rarely followed by a relative)
- (intransitive) to take counsel with oneself, deliberate
Inflection
[edit] Present: βουλεύω, βουλεύομαι
Imperfect: ἐβούλευον, ἐβουλευόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐβούλευον | ἐβούλευες | ἐβούλευε(ν) | ἐβουλεύετον | ἐβουλευέτην | ἐβουλεύομεν | ἐβουλεύετε | ἐβούλευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐβουλευόμην | ἐβουλεύου | ἐβουλεύετο | ἐβουλεύεσθον | ἐβουλευέσθην | ἐβουλευόμεθᾰ | ἐβουλεύεσθε | ἐβουλεύοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: βουλεύσω, βουλεύσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | βουλεύσω | βουλεύσεις | βουλεύσει | βουλεύσετον | βουλεύσετον | βουλεύσομεν | βουλεύσετε | βουλεύσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | βουλεύσοιμῐ | βουλεύσοις | βουλεύσοι | βουλεύσοιτον | βουλευσοίτην | βουλεύσοιμεν | βουλεύσοιτε | βουλεύσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | βουλεύσομαι | βουλεύσῃ, βουλεύσει |
βουλεύσεται | βουλεύσεσθον | βουλεύσεσθον | βουλευσόμεθᾰ | βουλεύσεσθε | βουλεύσονται | ||||
optative | βουλευσοίμην | βουλεύσοιο | βουλεύσοιτο | βουλεύσοισθον | βουλευσοίσθην | βουλευσοίμεθᾰ | βουλεύσοισθε | βουλεύσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | βουλεύσειν | βουλεύσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | βουλεύσων | βουλευσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | βουλεύσουσᾰ | βουλευσομένη | |||||||||||
n | βουλεῦσον | βουλευσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | βουλεύσω | βουλεύσεις | βουλεύσει | βουλεύσετον | βουλεύσετον | βουλεύσομεν | βουλεύσετε | βουλεύσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | βουλεύσοιμῐ | βουλεύσοισ(θᾰ) | βουλεύσοι | βουλεύσοιτον | βουλευσοίτην | βουλεύσοιμεν | βουλεύσοιτε | βουλεύσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | βουλεύσομαι | βουλεύσεαι | βουλεύσεται | βουλεύσεσθον | βουλεύσεσθον | βουλευσόμε(σ)θᾰ | βουλεύσεσθε | βουλεύσονται | ||||
optative | βουλευσοίμην | βουλεύσοιο | βουλεύσοιτο | βουλεύσοισθον | βουλευσοίσθην | βουλευσοίμε(σ)θᾰ | βουλεύσοισθε | βουλευσοίᾰτο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | βουλεύσειν/βουλευσέμεν(αι)/βουλευσμέναι | βουλεύσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | βουλεύσων | βουλευσόμενος | ||||||||||
f | βουλεύσουσᾰ | βουλευσομένη | |||||||||||
n | βουλεῦσον | βουλευσόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐβούλευσᾰ, ἐβουλευσᾰ́μην
Perfect: βεβούλευκᾰ, βεβούλευμαι
Pluperfect: ἐβεβουλεύκειν, ἐβεβουλεύμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐβεβουλεύκειν, ἐβεβουλεύκη |
ἐβεβουλεύκεις, ἐβεβουλεύκης |
ἐβεβουλεύκει(ν) | ἐβεβουλεύκετον | ἐβεβουλευκέτην | ἐβεβουλεύκεμεν | ἐβεβουλεύκετε | ἐβεβουλεύκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐβεβουλεύμην | ἐβεβούλευσο | ἐβεβούλευτο | ἐβεβούλευσθον | ἐβεβουλεύσθην | ἐβεβουλεύμεθᾰ | ἐβεβούλευσθε | ἐβεβούλευντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀντεπιβουλεύω (antepibouleúō)
- ἀντισυμβουλεύω (antisumbouleúō)
- ἀποσυμβουλεύω (aposumbouleúō)
- βουλευτήριον (bouleutḗrion)
- βουλευτής (bouleutḗs)
- διαβουλεύω (diabouleúō)
- ἐπιβουλεύω (epibouleúō)
- μεταβουλεύω (metabouleúō)
- προβουλεύω (probouleúō)
- προεπιβουλεύω (proepibouleúō)
- συμβουλεύω (sumbouleúō)
- συνεπιβουλεύω (sunepibouleúō)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βούλομαι (> DER > βουλεύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
Further reading
[edit]- “βουλεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βουλεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βουλεύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βουλεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βουλεύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βουλεύω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “βουλεύω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1011 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible