βούλομαι
βούλομαι
The Root is !βολ, which appears in Epic βόλομαι, Lat.volo: hence βουλή.
Dep.
to will, wish, be willing, Hom., etc.:—mostly c. inf. or c. acc. et inf., Hom., etc.: when βούλομαι is foll. by acc. only, an inf. may be supplied, Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο νίκην he willed victory to the Trojans, or Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι, — both in Il.
Attic usages:
βούλει or βούλεσθε foll. by subj., adds force to the demand, βούλει λάβωμαι would you have me take hold, Soph.
εἰ βούλει, a courteous phrase, like Lat. sis (si vis), if you please, Soph.
ὁ βουλόμενος, Lat. quivis, the first that offers, Hdt., Attic
βουλομένωι μοί ἐστι, nobis volentibus est, c. inf., it is according to my wish that . . , Thuc.
to mean so and so, τί βούλεται εἶναι; quid sibi vult haec res? Plat.:—hence, βούλεται εἶναι professes or pretends to be, would fain be, Thuc.
followed by ἤ, to prefer, for βούλομαι μᾶλλον, βούλομʼ ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι, ἢ ἀπολέσθαι I had rather the people were saved than lost, Il.
Headword (normalized):
βούλομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βουλομαι
Intro Text:
βούλομαι
The Root is !βολ, which appears in Epic βόλομαι, Lat.volo: hence βουλή.
Dep.
to will, wish, be willing, Hom., etc.:—mostly c. inf. or c. acc. et inf., Hom., etc.: when βούλομαι is foll. by acc. only, an inf. may be supplied, Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο νίκην he willed victory to the Trojans, or Τρώεσσιν ἐβούλετο κῦδος ὀρέξαι, — both in Il.
Attic usages:
βούλει or βούλεσθε foll. by subj., adds force to the demand, βούλει λάβωμαι would you have me take hold, Soph.
εἰ βούλει, a courteous phrase, like Lat. sis (si vis), if you please, Soph.
ὁ βουλόμενος, Lat. quivis, the first that offers, Hdt., Attic
βουλομένωι μοί ἐστι, nobis volentibus est, c. inf., it is according to my wish that . . , Thuc.
to mean so and so, τί βούλεται εἶναι; quid sibi vult haec res? Plat.:—hence, βούλεται εἶναι professes or pretends to be, would fain be, Thuc.
followed by ἤ, to prefer, for βούλομαι μᾶλλον, βούλομʼ ἐγὼ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι, ἢ ἀπολέσθαι I had rather the people were saved than lost, Il.
URN:
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