ἠβουλόμην

βούλομαι

will: imperf ind mp 1st sg (attic)

βούλομαι

will: imperf ind mp 1st sg (attic)

βούλομαι ([dialect] Ep. also [full] βόλομαι, q. v.), [dialect] Dor. [pref] βώλ- (q. v.), [dialect] Aeol. [pref] βόλλ- (v. βόλομαι), Thess. [pref] βέλλ- IG9(2).517.20, [dialect] Boeot. [pref] βείλ- ib.7.3080, [pref] βήλ- SIG1185.18 (Tanagra, iii B. C.), [dialect] Locr.and Delph. [pref] δείλ- IG9(1).334.3, GDI2034.10, Coan, etc. [pref] δήλ- (q. v.), [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 2sg.

A

βούλεαι Od.18.364

, Hdt.1.11: [tense] impf.

ἐβουλόμην Il.11.79

, etc.;

ἠβουλόμην E.Hel. 752

, D.1.15, etc.; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. ἐβουλέατο codd. in Hdt.1.4, 3.143: [tense] fut.

βουλήσομαι A.Pr. 867

, S.OT 1077, etc.; later [tense] fut. βουληθήσομαι v.l. in Aristid.Or.48(24).8, Gal.13.636: [tense] aor. ἐβουλήθην, also ἠβ- (v. infr.),

βουληθείς S.OC 732

, IG22.1236, etc., but [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. subj. [ per.] 3sg. βούλεται (from Βόλς-ε-ται) Il.1.67: [tense] pf.

βεβούλημαι D.18.2

; also βέβουλα ([etym.] προ-) Il.1.113 ( ἐβέβουλε dub. in Epigr. in Berl.Sitzb.1894.907):— forms with augm. ἠ- are found in [dialect] 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 [voice] 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. [tense] 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 [dialect] 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.

5 τί βουλόμενος; with what purpose? Pl.Phd. 63a, D.18.172;

τί βουληθεὶς πάρει

;

S.El. 1100

.

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 .. EN 1110b30; 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. GA 778a4, 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.)

Grammatical information: preterite prefix

Meaning: the augment (Il.).

Other forms: rarely ἠ- (s. below)

Dialectal forms: rare in Mycenaean, apedoke \/ap-e-dōke\/.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] * h₁e- augment

Etymology: Old element, also found in Indo-Iiranian (a-, ā-), Armenian (e-) and Phrygian (e-), e. g. ἔ-φερε = Skt. á-bharat, Arm. e-ber; Phryg. ἔ-δαες `ἔθηκε'. See Schwyzer 651ff.; on the form ἠ- s. Debrunner, Festschrift Zucker 85ff; Rix, Hist. Gramm. d. griech. 226ff. Often long vowel through contractieon: *e- h₂ege-t \> ἠ̃γε. A long augment analogically from ἠθελον \< * e-h₁dhel-, e.g. in ήβουλόμην. Probably all long augments are analogical (Ruijgh, Lingua 28, 1971, 166.

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