A.“βούλεαι” Od.18.364, Hdt.1.11: impf. “ἐβουλόμην” Il.11.79, etc.; “ἠβουλόμην” E.Hel.752, D.1.15, etc.; Ion. 3pl. ἐβουλέατο codd. in Hdt.1.4, 3.143: fut. “βουλήσομαι” A.Pr.867, S.OT1077, etc.; later fut. βουληθήσομαι v.l. in Aristid.Or.48(24).8, Gal.13.636: aor. ἐβουλήθην, also ἠβ- (v. infr.), “βουληθείς” S.OC732, IG22.1236, etc., but Ep. aor. subj. 3sg. βούλεται (from Βόλσ-ε-ται) Il.1.67: pf. “βεβούλημαι” D.18.2; also βέβουλα （προ-) Il.1.113 (ἐβέβουλε dub. in Epigr. in Berl.Sitzb.1894.907):— forms with augm. ἠ- are found in Att. Inscrr. from 300 B.C. onwards, as IG22.657, al., and occur frequently in Mss. as ἠβούλοντο v.l.in Th. 2.2, 6.79, “ἠβούλου” Hyp.Lyc.11; said to be Ionic in An.Ox.2.374.— An Act. βούλητε ( = βούλησθε) Mitteis Chr.361.10 (iv A. D.):—will, wish, be willing, Hom., etc.: usu. implying choice or preference (cf. IV) opp. ἐθέλω 'consent', “εἰ βούλει, ἐγὼ ἐθέλω” Pl.Grg.522e, cf. R. 347b, 437b; “ἐὰν βούλῃ σὺ . . ἐὰν θεὸς ἐθέλῃ” Id.Alc.1.135d; “ἂν οἵ τε θεοὶ 'θέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθε” D.2.20; “οὔτ᾽ ἀκούειν ἠθέλετ᾽ οὔτε πιστεύειν ἐβούλεσθε” Id.19.23; but ἐθέλω is also used = 'wish', λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι, E.Alc.281 (so “ἐθέλω εἰπεῖν” Pl.Prt.309b, but “φράσαι τι βούλομαι” Ar.Pl.1090): Hom. uses βούλομαι for ἐθέλω in the case of the gods, for with them wish is will: ἐθέλω is more general, and is sts. used where βούλομαι might have stood, e.g. Il. 7.182.—Construct.: mostly c. inf., “Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι” 11.79, etc.; sts. c. inf. fut., Thgn.184; c. acc. et inf., Od.4.353, and freq. in Prose: when βούλομαι is folld. by acc. only, an inf. may generally be supplied, as καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην (sc. γενέσθαι) Od.20.316; ἔτυχεν ὧν ἐβούλετο (sc. τυχεῖν) Antiph.18.6; πλακοῦντα β. (sc. σε λέγειν) Id.52.11; καὶ εἰ μάλα βούλεται ἄλλῃ [Ποσειδάων] (sc. τοῦτο γενέσθαι) Il.15.51; so εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον βούλομαι (sc. ἰέναι) Ar.Ra. 1279; βουλοίμην ἄν (sc. τόδε γενέσθαι) Pl.Euthphr.3a.
2. in Hom. of gods, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Τρώεσσιν . . ἐβούλετο νίκην he willed victory to the Trojans, Il.7.21, cf. 23.682: later c. acc., τὸ βουλόμενον τὴν πολιτείαν πλῆθος that supports the constitution, Arist.Pol.1309b17.
II. Att. usages:
1. βούλει or βούλεσθε folld. by Verb in subj., βούλει λάβωμαι; would you have me take hold? S.Ph.761; βούλει φράσω; Ar.Eq.36, cf. Pl.Phd.79a, R.596a; ποῦ δὴ βούλει ἀναγνῶμεν; Id.Phdr.228e.
2. εἰ βούλει if you please, S.Ant.1168, X.An.3.4.41; also εἰ δὲ βούλει, ἐὰν δὲ βούλῃ, to express a concession, or if you like, Pl.Smp.201a, etc.; “εἰ μὲν β., φρονήσει, εἰ δὲ β., ἰσχύι” Id.R. 432a.
3. ὁ βουλόμενος any one who likes, Hdt.1.54, Th.1.26, etc.; “ἔδωκεν ἅπαντι τῷ βουλομένῳ” D.21.45; ὁ β. the 'common in former', Ar. Pl.918 (whence, in jest, βούλομαι ib.908); ὅστις βούλει who or which ever you like, Pl.Grg.517b, Cra.432a.
4. βουλομένῳ μοί ἐστι, c. inf., it is according to my wish that . . , Th.2.3; “εἰ σοὶ β. ἐστὶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι” Pl.Grg.448d; also “τὰ θεῶν οὕτω βουλόμεν᾽ ἔσται” E.IA33; τὸ κεἰνου βουλόμενον his wish, ib. 1270; but with pass. sense, τὸ β. the object of desire, Luc.Am.37, Plu.Art.28.
III. mean, Pl.R.362e, 590e, etc.; τί ἡμῖν βούλεται οὗτος ὁ μῦθος; (folld. by β. λέγειν ὡς . . ) Id.Tht.156c; “τί β. σημαίνειν τὸ τέρας” D.H.4.59; βούλεται εἶναι professes or pretends to be, Pl.R.595c; “β. τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικεῖσθαι” Id.Cra.412c; freq. in Arist., τὸ ἀκούσιον βούλεται λέγεσθαι οὐκ εἰ . . EN1110b30; β. ἄσωτος εἶναι ὁ ἕν τι κακὸν ἔχων ib.1119b34; β. ὁ πρᾶος ἀτάραχος εἶναι ib.1125b33; tend to be, “ἡ τοῦ ὕδατος φύσις β. εἶναι ἄχυμος” Id.Sens.441a3; β. ἤδη τότε εἶναι πόλις ὅταν . . Id.Pol.1261b12, cf. 1293b40; ἡ φύσις β. μὲν τοῦτο ποιεῖν πολλάκις, οὐ μέντοι δύναται ib. 1255b3, cf. GA778a4, al.
2. to be wont, X.An.6.3.18.
IV. folld. by ἤ . . , prefer, for βούλομαι μᾶλλον (which is more usu. in Prose), βούλομ᾽ ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι I had rather . . , Il.1.117, cf. 23.594, Od.3.232, 11.489, 12.350; “β. τὸ μέν τι εὐτυχέειν . . ἢ εὐτυχέειν τὰ πάντα” Hdt.3.40; β. παρθενεύεσθαι πλέω χρόνον ἢ πατρὸς ἐστερῆσθαι (for πολὺν χρόνον, μᾶλλον ἤ . . ) ib.124, cf. E.Andr. 351; less freq. without ἤ . . , πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν οἴκοι ἔχειν I much prefer . . , Il.1.112, cf. Od.15.88. (g[uglide]el-g[uglide]ol-, cf. the dialectic forms.)
