βουλεύω βουλή to take counsel, deliberate, concert measures, and in past tenses to have considered and so to determine, resolve: absol., οἷος ἔην βουλευέμεν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι such as he was in council and in battle, Od.; ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν sc. βουλήν we shall agree to one plan, Od.:—in Prose, this sense belongs chiefly to the Mid. c. acc. rei, to deliberate on, plan, devise, Od., Hdt., Attic:—Pass. with fut. mid., aor1 ἐβουλεύθην: perf. βεβούλευμαι:— to be determined or resolved on, Aesch., etc.; τὰ βεβουλευμένα βουλεύματα, Hdt. c. inf. to resolve to do, Od., Hdt. to give counsel, τὰ λῷστα β. Aesch.; c. dat. pers. to advise, Il., Aesch. in polit. writers, to be a member of Council, Hdt.; esp. of the Council of 500 at Athens, Plat., Xen., etc. Mid., fut. -εύσομαι: aor1 ἐβουλευσάμην, Epic βουλ or in pass. form ἐβουλεύθην: perf. βεβούλευμαι: absol. to take counsel with oneself, deliberate, Hdt., Attic c. acc. rei, to determine with oneself, resolve on, Il., Hdt. c. inf. to resolve to do, Hdt., Plat.; β. ὅπως . . , Xen.