βούλομαι (Ep. also βόλομαι, q. v.), Dor. βώλ- (q. v.), Aeol. βόλλ- (v. βόλομαι), Thess. βέλλ-IG9(2).517.20, Boeot. βείλ- ib.7.3080, βήλ-SIG1185.18 (Tanagra, iii B. C.), Locr.and Delph. δείλ-IG9(1).334.3, GDI2034.10, Coan, etc. δήλ- (q. v.), Ion. 2sg.βούλεαιOd.18.364, Hdt.1.11: impf.ἐβουλόμηνIl.11.79, etc.; ἠβουλόμηνE.Hel.752, D.1.15, etc.; Ion. 3pl.ἐβουλέατο codd. in Hdt.1.4, 3.143: fut.βουλήσομαιA.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.), βουληθείσS.OC732, IG22.1236, etc., but Ep. aor.subj.3sg.βούλεται (from βόλσ-ε-ται) Il.1.67: pf.βεβούλημαιD.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, ἠβούλουHyp.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 ἐθέλωPl.Grg.522e, cf. R. 347b, 437b; ἐὰν βούλῃ σὺ ..ἐὰν θεὸς ἐθέλῃId.Alc.1.135d; ἂν οἵ τε θεοὶ 'θέλωσι καὶ ὑμεῖς βούλησθεD.2.20; οὔτ' ἀκούειν ἠθέλετ' οὔτε πιστεύειν ἐβούλεσθεId.19.23; but ἐθέλω is also used = 'wish', λέξαι θέλω σοι, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἃ βούλομαι, E.Alc.281 (so ἐθέλω εἰπεῖνPl.Prt.309b, but φράσαι τι βούλομαιAr.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
, Hdt.1.54, Th.1.26, etc.; ἔδωκεν ἅπαντι τῷ βουλομένῳD.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 ἀποκρίνεσθαιPl.Grg.448d; also τὰ θεῶν οὕτω βουλόμεν' ἔσταιE.IA33; τὸ κεἰνου βουλόμενον his